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		deepnotderp on Aug 17, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AI startup claims to automate app making but actua... It seems odd that GANs would learn to generate images with precise yet lifelike shape and texture based purely on statistical correlation.

codesushi42 on Aug 17, 2019 [–]

No it doesn't. Because that's what the CNNs used by the GANs are fitting on, cross correlation.

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