Help I accidentally a wigglegram

The user, who identifies as an indecisive photographer, had been taking multiple shots of the same scene from slightly different angles, resulting in a large collection of wigglegrams on their phone. They wrote a script to hash all their pictures using perceptual hashing, a technique that generates hashes that are similar for images that look alike, unlike cryptographic hashes. By calculating the Hamming distance between pairs of images, they set a threshold of 10 to extract pairs of similar images, which resulted in hundreds of wigglegrams.

The use of perceptual hashing, specifically inspired by TinEye's reverse image search technology, allowed the user to efficiently identify and extract the wigglegrams from their library. This technique has broader applications in image recognition and search, and its use in this context highlights the creative potential of repurposing existing technologies. The fact that the user's script can be used on iCloud photos libraries on Macs or on directories of pictures otherwise also speaks to the flexibility of this approach.

The accidental creation of wigglegrams and their subsequent extraction using perceptual hashing raises interesting questions about the role of automation and serendipity in creative processes. As the user notes, many of the wigglegrams they created were unintentional, and the use of perceptual hashing allowed them to discover and appreciate these hidden gems. This has implications for how we think about creativity and image-making, and how technologies like perceptual hashing can be used to augment and facilitate these processes.