AI models don’t seem to recognize pareidolic faces like we do. Surprisingly, the team found that it wasn’t until they trained algorithms to recognize animal faces that they became significantly better at detecting pareidolic faces. i.mtr.cool/glaypjueqj

Can machines spot faces in inanimate objects?

Pareidolia has long fascinated psychologists. Now, computer scientists want to understand how humans and AI systems process illusory faces