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Life & fun · May 30, 2018

A Twitter bot that uses computer vision to caption random photos

A bot that takes a random image and attempts to caption it using computer vision.

A Twitter bot that uses computer vision to caption random photos launched on May 30, 2018 with 11 votes, #1,042 of 2,985 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 8 years on.

In plain words

This Twitter bot automatically generates captions for random photos using computer vision technology. It posts to Twitter with AI-generated descriptions of images, making it suitable for anyone interested in seeing creative, automated image analysis. Launched in 2018, it demonstrates how machine learning can be applied to social media for entertainment purposes, combining image recognition with automated posting on a popular platform.

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