From the course: Data Science Foundations: Fundamentals
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Anomaly detection
From the course: Data Science Foundations: Fundamentals
Anomaly detection
- [Instructor] Some time ago, I opened up Launchpad on my Mac, which is a way of launching applications. And it's supposed to look like this. However, this particular time something weird happened. And this is what I saw instead. Now, normally when you get an anomaly like this, you just restart the app or reboot the computer, but it turns out I'm fascinated by generative art, or art that comes through as the result of an algorithm, often with a fair amount of randomness thrown in. So before I restarted things and got it back to normal, I took a screenshot and I've gone back to it several times. I consider this an excellent example of found generative art. Really, a happy digital glitch, or a fortuitous anomaly. It's also an example of serendipity, or the unexpected insight that can come along. Well known examples of serendipity include Silly Putty, Velcro, popsicles, and of course the post-it notes that every office has.…
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