so we have a student who we asked to train a VAE to generate memes. he was showing us his newest model, which has problems with mode collapse, and was only outputting one thing over and over again (I swear I am not making this up):
SEN AMNES KLOBUCHAR (1855): I believe that slaves should be able to deposit their excess wages in a tax advnataged burlap sack which they can use to buy wagon wheels and 10¢ parcels of land in the western territories
CENTRIST (dying of consumption): this makes sense. I love this
finally watching a longplay of silent hill 2 and encountered the cutscene where a guy is throwing up in a toilet for 5 straight minutes in incredible auditory detail
in unrelated news I am currently doubled over at my desk, too nauseous to work and waiting to die
my favorite coffee shop stopped doing pourovers today. also the barista said that she had been waiting to "break my heart" because I'm "the pourover guy". this one two punch has led to my death thank you for your prayers at this time