Uppestcase and Lowestcase Letters [advances in derp learning]
What it is
Tom Scott-style absurdist research by tom7 for SIGBOVIK 2021, using machine learning to discover letterforms that are 'uppercaser' than uppercase A and lowercaser than lowercase. It is a comedic, technically inventive deep dive with fonts and a paper.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Tom7 is an HN favorite, and this video is praised as hilarious, educational silly ML that keeps getting better.
- 5 people recommended it
- 4 different months
- 3 strong recommendations
- first 2021, last 2026
What HN commenters said
“one of the most entertaining (and educational) experiences I had lately”
Entertaining and educational silly ML project
devenvdev, 2022-06 · Strong recommendation · in “The Floppotron 3.0”
“it just keeps getting better and better as the video progresses. I laughed so hard.”
Hilarious video that keeps getting better
loxias, 2023-01 · Strong recommendation · in “Tetris Is Capable of Universal Computation”
“I love this guy so much and wish he made far more videos.”
Favorite YouTuber generating new letterforms
Der_Einzige, 2024-03 · Strong recommendation · in “AI-Generated Data Can Poison Future AI Models”
“Also, check out the author”
Author's video on the SIGBOVIK uppercase letters paper
ashertrockman, 2021-04 · Recommendation · in “Uppestcase and Lowestcase Letters”
“his SIGBOVIK submissions”
Good starting point for Tom7's silly research
gspr, 2021-04 · Recommendation · in “std::unique_ptr implementation backed by Ethereum NFTs”
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Topics: tom7, sigbovik, fonts, neural networks, humor
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