477K views · Apr 1, 2021 · 24:13 · 5 HN recommenders · 7 mentions · discussed 2021–2026
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 points people here: Tom7 is an HN favorite, and this video is praised as hilarious, educational silly ML that keeps getting better.
“it just keeps getting better and better as the video progresses. I laughed so hard.”HN comment, 2023
“one of the most entertaining (and educational) experiences I had lately”
Entertaining and educational silly ML project
Came here to post this ↑ Tom7's Uppestcase and Lowestcase Letters [1] is one of the most entertaining (and educational) experiences I had lately [1] this video
“it just keeps getting better and better as the video progresses. I laughed so hard.”
Hilarious video that keeps getting better
this video (Uppestcase and Lowestcase Letters [advances in derp learning]) Is pure gold. I don't wanna spoil it, it just keeps getting better and better as the video progresses. I laughed so hard. If by some freak chance I ever become wealthy, I want to sponsor this sort of research.
“I love this guy so much and wish he made far more videos.”
Favorite YouTuber generating new letterforms
I want to observe that one of my favorite youtubers did exactly this with making the "uppest case" and "lowest case" letters. this video I love this guy so much and wish he made far more videos.
“Also, check out the author”
Author's video on the SIGBOVIK uppercase letters paper
SIGBOVIK is proud to have published this groundbreaking work in its 2021 proceedings, which were released today. Also, check out the author's video: this video For more non-serious research that is often executed seriously, see: link
“his SIGBOVIK submissions”
Good starting point for Tom7's silly research
I assume you're very familiar with Tom7, and in particular his SIGBOVIK submissions, but just in case: Tom7! (Good starting point for anyone who's not: this video )
“maybe we can finally get uppestcase and lowestcase fonts”
Related font generation video with uppestcase letters
I found a few months ago that the gpt-4 code interpreter is capable of converting a black and white png of a glyph to an svg link It would be cool to combine a script like the one gpt-4 gave me with an image generation model to generate fonts. The approach from this blog post is way more interesting though. On a separate note it reminds me of this suckerpinch video :) maybe we can finally get uppestcase and lowestcase fonts this video
“Lots of the AIisms with letters remind me of tom7”
AI letter artifacts recall this video
Lots of the AIisms with letters remind me of tom7's SIGBOVIC video Uppestcase and Lowestcase Letters [advances in derp learning] this video
