[AditiArora]

Google is doing here is essentially reversing image recognition, and telling its computers to use the images they already know to augment new images. As Singularity Hub (via Engadget) explains: “Where the software was allowed to ‘free associate’ and then forced into feedback loops to reinforce these associations — it found images and patterns (often mash-ups of things it had already seen) where none existed previously.”Google says it’s doing this to help it visualize how neural networks work. Its researchers are also well aware that this is full-on, lava lamp and bong water, “have you every really looked at your hands, man?” stuff. Which is why its blog post talking about all of this is titled “Inceptionism.”