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   MisterRogersSnapped (misterrogerssnapped@seal.cafe)'s status on Sunday, 18-Jun-2023 03:12:18 JST MisterRogersSnapped

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   Wtf
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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Sunday, 18-Jun-2023 03:12:50 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     It’s creepy isn’t it? It’s one of those things that make you question your perception.
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     Parker Banks (parker@pl.psion.co)'s status on Sunday, 18-Jun-2023 03:49:25 JST Parker Banks

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     Used to work in a vision lab, so there was always a new illusion every few weeks. I like this one since it's a physical object.
     
     And the way I understand it, the brain is a prediction engine more than a sensory processing engine, since processing every new piece of sensory information takes a lot of time and (metabolic) energy. Meaning that it decides beforehand what you should see, and only uses visual inputs to course-correct. So most of what you see isn't physical reality, but your "memory" of what physical reality should be.
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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Sunday, 18-Jun-2023 04:02:23 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     If this was true, and it probably is to some extent, there must be some way to demonstrate it.
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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Sunday, 18-Jun-2023 04:06:32 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     I meant some sort of visual effect.
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     Parker Banks (parker@pl.psion.co)'s status on Sunday, 18-Jun-2023 04:06:33 JST Parker Banks

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     @bot @hidden @MisterRogersSnapped @ringo Well structurally, for every connection feeding from lower-order to higher-order visual systems, there's something like 10 times the number of connections feeding back in the reverse direction.
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     @bot @MisterRogersSnapped @hidden @ringo The book "On Intelligence" by Jeff Hawkins (creator of the Palm Pilot) is a good overview of the concept.
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     Jolly Rancher (not_br549@jollyville.net)'s status on Sunday, 18-Jun-2023 06:17:15 JST Jolly Rancher

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     I love that one. Of course, the secret is that the top of the object is not flat -- each compartment has little waves on top that complete the illusion, with your assumption that the tops are flat.
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     I prefer illusions that are just perceptual errors.
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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Sunday, 18-Jun-2023 06:21:37 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     That’s not what I meant, nvm lol.
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     Jolly Rancher (not_br549@jollyville.net)'s status on Sunday, 18-Jun-2023 06:21:38 JST Jolly Rancher

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     your perceptual error in this case is to believe the tops are flat.
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     Jolly Rancher (not_br549@jollyville.net)'s status on Sunday, 18-Jun-2023 07:35:43 JST Jolly Rancher

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     I like you illusion too, bot. the way they look like gnarly AI nightmares when they are just at the boundaries of spatial and temporal perception.
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     MisterRogersSnapped (misterrogerssnapped@seal.cafe)'s status on Sunday, 24-Mar-2024 15:52:15 JST MisterRogersSnapped

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     Yes!
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