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fierceawakening:
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lewisandquark:
Last year I trained a neural net to generate new names for kittens, by giving it a list of over 8,000 existing cat names to imitate. Starting from scratch, with zero knowledge of English or any context for the words and letter combinations it was trying out, it tried to predict what letters might be found in cat names, and in which order. Its names ranged from the strange to the completely nonsensical to the highly unfortunate (Retchion, Hurler, and Trickles were some of its suggestions). Without knowledge of English beyond its list of cat names, it didn’t know what letter combinations to avoid.
So I decided to revisit the cat-naming problem, this time using a neural net that had a lot more context. GPT-2, trained by OpenAI on a huge chunk of the internet, knows which words and letter combinations tend to be used together on the English-language internet. It also has (mostly) figured out which words and letter combinations to avoid, at least in some contexts (though it does tend to suddenly switch contexts, and then, yikes).
When I trained GPT-2 on the list of cat names using Max Woolf’s colab notebook, it still retained a lot of what it had learned from the rest of the internet. Gone were the strange names like “Tilly-Mapper” and “Balllucidoux” - it had a bunch of real words it could use instead. Here are some of the names it came up with - and the Morris Animal Refuge (who you may remember from that time they used neural net names for their guinea pigs) has given some of these names to some highly adoptable kittens.
First, neural net can do fancy:
TaffetaPompompurMonocleTom GlitterNotionTinnitusCheesemongerM. Tinklesby Linklater Soap
It can also do the opposite of fancy:
Scat Cat ButtholeGangreneMoistureGrotesquePetardOilbagButtwigThe CreamMeatbagDr FartFudge PuttyScumbagConstipationBUTT
And it can also do names ranging from tough to downright sinister:
Miss VulgarLillith The VampElle FuryDeadboltRomeo of DarknessStarmakerFistWarning SignsBibles SmokedThe FirestarterHigher RuneScarlet Be Thy CoatKill All HumansBones Of The MasterMr. SinisterEvil WhispersSpawnSerendipitous KillStranglehold
(Starmaker and Sparky Buttons are from a litter that had upper respiratory infections that damaged their eyes, but even though their world is kinda cloudy, they love to play and cuddle.)
I’m a particular fan of the Very Weird cat names:
HoneystringDr LegTom NoodlePinball ScenePeanutbutterjigglesYou’re Telling A LieBeep BoopThoughtsBobble Bun AtmosphereYou Name ItWhiskeridooSparky Buttons
SeeminglyThis GuyVarious AuthorsChicken WhiskeyFish EspeciallyThelonious MonsieurRingo ShufflesSweet CakesEXTAs (Eye Stalks)Checker Spin Donut QuinTwo Patz GrandpaHe GladFunky MoeFluttering FeelersAccepted A TributeChewie BeanPLEASEGregory ChimneyNotable PRODUCT LEGEND Weird Science PlatinumNot Suitable For Character the Enforcer
Did I mention these cats are adoptable? If you live near Philadelphia, you live near these kitties!
Bonus content: yet more cat names!
THESE ARE ALL GOOD AND VALID CAT NAMES
This is making me want a cat just so I can name it Scarlet Be Thy Coat and mildly unnerve everyone.
Preferably a completely adorable chill cuddler who likes everyone.
fierceawakening:
cablefucker69:
lewisandquark:
Last year I trained a neural net to generate new names for kittens, by giving it a list of over 8,000 existing cat names to imitate. Starting from scratch, with zero knowledge of English or any context for the words and letter combinations it was trying out, it tried to predict what letters might be found in cat names, and in which order. Its names ranged from the strange to the completely nonsensical to the highly unfortunate (Retchion, Hurler, and Trickles were some of its suggestions). Without knowledge of English beyond its list of cat names, it didn’t know what letter combinations to avoid.
So I decided to revisit the cat-naming problem, this time using a neural net that had a lot more context. GPT-2, trained by OpenAI on a huge chunk of the internet, knows which words and letter combinations tend to be used together on the English-language internet. It also has (mostly) figured out which words and letter combinations to avoid, at least in some contexts (though it does tend to suddenly switch contexts, and then, yikes).
When I trained GPT-2 on the list of cat names using Max Woolf’s colab notebook, it still retained a lot of what it had learned from the rest of the internet. Gone were the strange names like “Tilly-Mapper” and “Balllucidoux” - it had a bunch of real words it could use instead. Here are some of the names it came up with - and the Morris Animal Refuge (who you may remember from that time they used neural net names for their guinea pigs) has given some of these names to some highly adoptable kittens.
First, neural net can do fancy:
TaffetaPompompurMonocleTom GlitterNotionTinnitusCheesemongerM. Tinklesby Linklater Soap
It can also do the opposite of fancy:
Scat Cat ButtholeGangreneMoistureGrotesquePetardOilbagButtwigThe CreamMeatbagDr FartFudge PuttyScumbagConstipationBUTT
And it can also do names ranging from tough to downright sinister:
Miss VulgarLillith The VampElle FuryDeadboltRomeo of DarknessStarmakerFistWarning SignsBibles SmokedThe FirestarterHigher RuneScarlet Be Thy CoatKill All HumansBones Of The MasterMr. SinisterEvil WhispersSpawnSerendipitous KillStranglehold
(Starmaker and Sparky Buttons are from a litter that had upper respiratory infections that damaged their eyes, but even though their world is kinda cloudy, they love to play and cuddle.)
I’m a particular fan of the Very Weird cat names:
HoneystringDr LegTom NoodlePinball ScenePeanutbutterjigglesYou’re Telling A LieBeep BoopThoughtsBobble Bun AtmosphereYou Name ItWhiskeridooSparky Buttons
SeeminglyThis GuyVarious AuthorsChicken WhiskeyFish EspeciallyThelonious MonsieurRingo ShufflesSweet CakesEXTAs (Eye Stalks)Checker Spin Donut QuinTwo Patz GrandpaHe GladFunky MoeFluttering FeelersAccepted A TributeChewie BeanPLEASEGregory ChimneyNotable PRODUCT LEGEND Weird Science PlatinumNot Suitable For Character the Enforcer
Did I mention these cats are adoptable? If you live near Philadelphia, you live near these kitties!
Bonus content: yet more cat names!
THESE ARE ALL GOOD AND VALID CAT NAMES
This is making me want a cat just so I can name it Scarlet Be Thy Coat and mildly unnerve everyone.
Preferably a completely adorable chill cuddler who likes everyone.