These Google "Deep Dream" images are weirdly mesmerising

Last month, Google revealed that it uses its own artificial intelligence program, known as Artificial Neural Networks, to classify and sort its images.

The technology basically works by spotting patterns in pictures in order to identify them -- and it's already being used in Google's new photos app to recognise faces and animals.

However, a new website called Deep Neural Net Dreams, created by Zain Shah, allows you to take your own photos and run them through Google's AI code. The results? Some seriously psychedelic and eye-popping images, from trippy landscapes and abstract cats to swirly recreations of famous paintings.

You can upload your own photos and share them using #deepdream.

This article was originally published by WIRED UK