I extracted the safety filters from Apple Intelligence models (github.com)

This project is a simple but fun demonstration of a genetic algorithm applied to image generation. It starts with a population of random images and evolves them over generations to resemble a target image. The output is an animated GIF that shows the entire evolution process.

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u5wbxrc3 · 40m ago

Interesting approach! The title is misleading though. I do not understand how this relates to pixel art. Pixel art is placing pixel on a constrained canvas and choosing colors on a limited palette which this does not seem to be. Maybe this could be considered blurring effect or image reconstruction/approximation?

Evidlo · 3h ago

How do you think your example would compare against a simple lowpass + downsampling?

I think for most complicated pixel art, "reimagining" the image is necessary to keep it visually appealing and discernible at low-res, like in the examples here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel_art

__loam · 3h ago

Pixel art isn't just bucketing a higher resolution image into a lower resolution. If you're going to use that term, you should probably have at least a basic understanding of the medium.

RugnirViking · 43m ago

This. I wasn't expecting much, having tried similar claiming algorithms and been disappointing. But even among those, the example image used here looks barely better than downscale and posterize

FerkiHN · 7h ago

Cool!

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