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Dogs are better than cats

Dogs are better than cats

Cut dog, angry cat

Dog person or cat person? With this picture you can be both.

This single image is both doe-eyed puppy and sour-faced cat, depending on which way is up. A neat reminder that in Vision Science—and in Generative AI—perspective really is everything.

So yes, it looks like pet content, but it’s actually perception engineering.

Created: August 15, 2025

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Tags: optical-illusion visual-anagram ambiguous-figure reversible-figure bistable-image 180-degree-rotation upside-down-illusion perception vision-science perception-engineering dogs cats generative-ai text-to-image deepfloyd-if if-ii-m-v1-0 visible-watermark invisible-watermark

Technical Notes

This image was created with DeepFloyd/IF-II-M-v1.0 using the technique described by Geng, Park & Owens, 2024 The image has been processed through an automated pipeline to generate both invisible and visible watermarks for copyright protection.

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