Google's Dream Robot Is Running Wild Across the Internet

Remember a few weeks back, when we learned that Google's artificial neural network was having creepy daydreams, turning buildings into acid trips and landscapes into Magic Eye pictures? Well, prepare to never sleep again, because last week, Google made its "inceptionism" algorithm available to the public, and the nightmarish images are cropping up everywhere. The "Deep Dream" system essentially feeds an image through a layer of artificial neurons, asking an AI to enhance and build on certain features, such as edges. Over time, pictures can become so distorted that they morph into something entirely different, or just a bunch of colorful, random noise. Now that the code for the system is publicly available, anyone can upload a photo of their baby and watch it metamorphose into a surrealist cockroach, or whatever.