Early AI images as an analogy for apperceptive visual agnosia
dioscuri · x · 2026-09-06
dioscuri quotes a thread on early AI-generated images and offers an analogy: the first image approximates what apperceptive visual agnosia might feel like — everything looks vaguely familiar with the suggestion of a coherent scene, but on close inspection it won't resolve into recognizable objects or stable shapes. AI images as an intuitive reference for understanding a neurological condition.
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