106 votes

Draw a fish. Go on. Draw one.

23 comments

  1. [6]
    DefinitelyNotAFae
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    This was fun until I drew a fish so bad it has to be reviewed to confirm its fish-ness. (●__●) 𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆟 𓆝

    This was fun until I drew a fish so bad it has to be reviewed to confirm its fish-ness.

    (⁠●⁠_⁠_⁠●)
    𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆟 𓆝

    38 votes
    1. [2]
      lackofaname
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      Haha, I drew an angelfish that got sent for review. I'm no Davinci but dang, harsh!

      Haha, I drew an angelfish that got sent for review. I'm no Davinci but dang, harsh!

      8 votes
      1. DefinitelyNotAFae
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        Mine was an angelfish too.... I mean angelfish adjacent at least. I tried!

        Mine was an angelfish too....

        I mean angelfish adjacent at least. I tried!

        6 votes
    2. wowbagger
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      I drew a jellyfish and got the same message. Didn't realize we were working with such a narrow definition here, jeez!

      I drew a jellyfish and got the same message. Didn't realize we were working with such a narrow definition here, jeez!

      6 votes
    3. [2]
      DistractionRectangle
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      You drew a fish... ... that was too fishy (•_•) ( •_•)>⌐■-■ (⌐■_■)

      You drew a fish...
      ... that was too fishy
      (•_•)
      ( •_•)>⌐■-■
      (⌐■_■)

      5 votes
      1. DefinitelyNotAFae
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        And then the site got hacked! The creator was really floundering.

        And then the site got hacked!

        The creator was really floundering.

        3 votes
  2. [2]
    RNG
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    I love websites like this. Simple, fun, and imaginative. I wish there was a word for websites like this (which would include basically everything developed by https://neal.fun/)

    I love websites like this. Simple, fun, and imaginative. I wish there was a word for websites like this (which would include basically everything developed by https://neal.fun/)

    24 votes
  3. [6]
    hraesvilgr
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    Had to try to draw the most Probable fish. Got it up to 95.4%. This algorithm is very strange: https://imgur.com/kigEGUt

    Had to try to draw the most Probable fish. Got it up to 95.4%. This algorithm is very strange: https://imgur.com/kigEGUt

    13 votes
    1. [2]
      Asinine
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      How do you get it to work so well? I managed to get some details in, but then my mouse started dragging the picture around, despite having the cursor for drawing. Also, there are some awesome...

      How do you get it to work so well? I managed to get some details in, but then my mouse started dragging the picture around, despite having the cursor for drawing. Also, there are some awesome looking options, way more detailed... so I was a little bummed with my contribution.

      7 votes
      1. hraesvilgr
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        I mean, my first attempt was rated Probably Not A Fish. My second was just an ΙΧΘΥΣ. I zoomed in to about 200% to get finer detail; otherwise it rated everything as wild swings

        I mean, my first attempt was rated Probably Not A Fish. My second was just an ΙΧΘΥΣ. I zoomed in to about 200% to get finer detail; otherwise it rated everything as wild swings

        2 votes
    2. [2]
      JCPhoenix
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      Impressive, though that is an odd looking fish. I got to 75% and that felt good enough.

      Impressive, though that is an odd looking fish. I got to 75% and that felt good enough.

      3 votes
      1. hraesvilgr
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        yeah, once I discovered that it would often rate straight-up HOLES in the fish's overall outline, shit got weird. that big clump dorsal fin started as an unconnected series of dashes and swirls...

        yeah, once I discovered that it would often rate straight-up HOLES in the fish's overall outline, shit got weird. that big clump dorsal fin started as an unconnected series of dashes and swirls that it thought made it a More Likely Fish

        5 votes
  4. [4]
    a_sharp_soprano_sax
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    Sorry if this has been posted elsewhere, but I found this postmortem interesting: https://aldenhallak.com/blog/posts/draw-a-fish-postmortem.html

    Sorry if this has been posted elsewhere, but I found this postmortem interesting: https://aldenhallak.com/blog/posts/draw-a-fish-postmortem.html

    9 votes
    1. DistractionRectangle
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      I don't think it was, and I for one do appreciate the postmortem as much as bumping the original post (as I somehow missed this on both Tildes and HN). The postmortem is a nice behind the scenes...

      I don't think it was, and I for one do appreciate the postmortem as much as bumping the original post (as I somehow missed this on both Tildes and HN). The postmortem is a nice behind the scenes and a good chuckle on top of an already delightful site.

      3 votes
    2. Wes
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      That was interesting, thanks for sharing the update. I love the bit about IceWeasel on HN being a hacker for good!

      That was interesting, thanks for sharing the update. I love the bit about IceWeasel on HN being a hacker for good!

      3 votes
    3. DefinitelyNotAFae
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      I get his point that the LLM didn't make the bad decisions. But much like his comparison to guns... It sure helped.

      I get his point that the LLM didn't make the bad decisions. But much like his comparison to guns... It sure helped.

      2 votes
  5. TonyLozano
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    This is great! I am imagining a whole class of kids drawing fish and putting them in one of the custom tanks in their classroom.

    This is great! I am imagining a whole class of kids drawing fish and putting them in one of the custom tanks in their classroom.

    8 votes
  6. karlkarl93
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    I love little playful websites like this. Thanks for sharing it!

    I love little playful websites like this.

    Thanks for sharing it!

    6 votes
  7. Chaosphoenix_28
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    I managed to get to 81%. I'm quite proud of myself.

    I managed to get to 81%. I'm quite proud of myself.

    5 votes
  8. [2]
    preposterous
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    I get to 75% but then I see no fish swimming ever :(

    I get to 75% but then I see no fish swimming ever :(

    4 votes