Kanji RNN
AI
neural network demo
SHOW HN2018
How HN took it
5 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 4 critical, out of 12 comments about the project. Thread score +0.16.
Idea: 3 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clever idea and fun to play with, creates a bizarre kind of intelligence
From 3 comments
Edit: Reading some comments here - this doesn't seem to be about 'recognising' or 'predicting' existing characters, but using a dataset of characters to create a character by…
zhte415 on HNThis is great! It gives off the feeling of a bizarre kind of intelligence. Can you please input things like 感覚的 and 意識 and 私は部屋 and 自殺 and 何私 to freak some people out?
SerLava on HNNeat, it's like if A Book From The Sky was implemented as a neural network. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Book_from_the_Sky
sbierwagen on HN
Objections
Autocomplete fails for common characters and suggestions are often random
From 3 comments
Did not work well at all for me, and now I'm left wondering if it's the neural networks fault, or if I'm just very bad at writing kanji now.
SuperNinKenDo on HNI don't think it's your kanji writing; I can't figure out what it's supposed to do. I'm assuming it's supposed to autocomplete my kanji, but it failed at that, for both 国, 本, and…
prewett on HNHit or miss for me. It doesn't want to fill in anything if I draw the enclosure of "wind": 風. Also fails to find some of the simplest kanji; completions for just a stroke or two…
kazinator on HN
Website uses non-free JavaScript
From 2 comments
this website uses non-free javascript
vat on HNEven in the FLOSS world this is a somewhat extremist position - see https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.en.html
mappu on HN
Requests
Bounding box or reference frame so input position matches the character
From 1 comment
Hit or miss for me. It doesn't want to fill in anything if I draw the enclosure of "wind": 風. Also fails to find some of the simplest kanji; completions for just a stroke or two…
kazinator on HN
Add the date to the title
From 1 comment
Please add the date to the title: (2015)
peterburkimsher on HN
Questions
Why example stroke shapes are not correct strokes
From 1 comment
Edit: Reading some comments here - this doesn't seem to be about 'recognising' or 'predicting' existing characters, but using a dataset of characters to create a character by…
zhte415 on HN
References on 2x2 character structure
From 2 comments
"a character is basically a 2x2 grid"... Do you have any reference for this type of classification/composition? N.B.: I am not implying that it is incorrect - I am a dabbler in…
Pamar on HNI don't think it's helpful to think of the structure as being based on a 2x2 grid. A bit down on this page (random Google hit) are ways to structure a character:…
jfries on HN
Alternatives named
A Book from the Sky
From 1 comment
Neat, it's like if A Book From The Sky was implemented as a neural network. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Book_from_the_Sky
sbierwagen on HN