Breed weird critters with machine learning and Ganbreeder

Ganbreeder uses a machine learning technique called Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) to generate images that seem like photos, at least a first glance.

GANs use a pair of networks, one of which produces data and the other classifies it; the 'generator''s goal is to get the 'discriminator' to identify its data as belonging to a certain class (like a stop-sign, or a fingerprint), while the 'discriminator''s job is to successfully discriminate between real data and the synthetic data created by the generator.

Ganbreeder uses a GAN to create creatures that appear to be objects of various types; you choose your favorite and the GAN produces a bunch of 'children' for you to choose from, chasing down a rabbit-hole of weird, machine-learning found imagery. Fun!

Ganbreeder

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