The Ghost in the Machine: Neural Networks and Pareidolia
Summary: Discussing whether AI suffers from the same psychological biases as humans.
Humans are hardwired to see faces in clouds and toast—a phenomenon called pareidolia. Does AI do the same? Since we train our neural networks on millions of human images, the AI "wants" to find humans. This post examines the fine line between an actual anomalous detection and "algorithmic pareidolia."