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June 20, 2017

These guinea pigs were named by a trained neural network

Research scientist Janelle Shane trained an AI generator, which was used solely for creating names for a group of guinea pigs over at the Morris Animal Refuge in Philadelphia. "This project had me smiling all week," Shane tweeted.

These guinea pigs were named by a trained neural network

This is quite likely the cutest machine learning thread you'll read all week.

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15) So those are the only AI-named guinea pigs within 2800 miles of Philly (2nd in the world) up for adoption at @PetSmart #KingOfPrussia!

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1) Naming pets can be hard. So when we suddenly got in 9 adoptable guinea pigs, we of course turned to researcher

for help.

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2) She's been in the news for training artificial neural networks to come up with paint colors, recipe names, etc., with fascinating results

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3) & (h/t

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) she taught a neural network to name guinea pigs for Portland Guinea Pig Rescue! gizmodo.co.uk/2017/06/this-i

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4) so of course we tweeted 'bout it:

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Replying to @ChuckWendig and @ericgeller

We just got in 9 li'l guinea pigs (up for adoption @PetSmart #KingOfPrussia) & could use a @JanelleCShane-trained AI to name them!

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5) And to our surprise & delight, the next morning we found that

had sent us 12 AI-created guinea pig names to pick from!

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6) So with no further ado, the 2nd-ever bunch of AI-named adoptable guinea pigs in the world (and the only ones within 2800 miles of Philly)

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7) Adoptable guinea pigs Spooty&Snofer (named by a neural network thanks to

!) Find out more+adopt! morrisanimalrefuge.org/animal-adoptio 💗

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8) Adoptable guinea pigs Fizzby&Sprinket (named by neural network thanks to

!) Find out more+adopt! morrisanimalrefuge.org/animal-adoptio 💗

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9) Adoptable guinea pig Dandy (named by a neural network thanks to

!) Find out more and adopt! morrisanimalrefuge.org/animal-adoptio 💗

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10) Adoptable guinea pig Mumpkans (named by a neural network thanks to

!) Find out more and adopt! morrisanimalrefuge.org/animal-adoptio 💗

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11) Adoptable guinea pig Astrono (named by a neural network thanks to

!) Find out more and adopt: morrisanimalrefuge.org/animal-adoptio! 💗

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12) Adoptable guinea pig Hally Flope (named by a neural network thanks to

!) Find out more & adopt: morrisanimalrefuge.org/animal-adoptio! 💗

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13) Adoptable guinea pig Biinshecklesseon! (named by neural network thanks to

!) Learn more&adopt: morrisanimalrefuge.org/animal-adoptio! 💗

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14) Our favorite (both guinea pig and AI-created guinea pig name) is Biinshecklesseon) - how about you?

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New neural network pig at the Portland Guinea Pig Rescue! Meet Spockers. Not shown: his estranged brother Pugger P. pdxguineapigs.org/guinea-pigs.ht

Handsome guinea pig: white with brown mask and belly.

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AI cracks the guinea pig naming problem. The singularity is near. qako.me/2sC1kiJ

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Update: someone donated $100 to them and another is applying to adopt some guinea pigs, both b/c they saw this article.

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After reading this I kinda want neural networks to name everything!

This is What Happens When You Teach an AI to Name Guinea Pigs

As literally every sci-fi movie has predicted, we’re becoming increasingly reliant on artificial intelligence. AI can already compose music, play Ms. Pac-Man—like a pro, nonetheless—and even manage a...

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