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Spinning Arrow Illusion Gives Deep Insight into Perception (created by computer) - C C - May 5, 2018
https://nerdist.com/spinning-arrow-illusion/
EXCERPT: . . . During his research into machine vision, Sugihara did something innovative: he tried to have a computer recreate a 2D drawing of an optical illusion–you know, like these, which really bend the ol’ human brain. But instead of being brain-bended by the illusion, the computer simply created the 3D object, which Sugihara says could never have been imagined as possible with human visual perception systems. This means the machines are making new shapes we literally can’t conceive of by bypassing our normal assumptions about reality. And when you look at that non-spinning/spinning arrow, you’re looking at a real-life manifestation of an object that has been designed by a computer based on a 2D optical illusion. An object we couldn’t have ever thought of without computers....
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RE: Spinning Arrow Illusion Gives Deep Insight into Perception (created by computer) - Magical Realist - May 6, 2018
I see it and see how it works. But I still don't get it. I guess I'd just have to be there.