In the Activations series, James Bridle visualizes how a neural network designed for driving an autonomous vehicle processes information, particularly as it travels the winding roads of Mount Parnassus. Through this exploration, Bridle reveals the evolving forms that emerge at each stage of machine perception, illustrating the gradual transformation of raw data into structured understanding. Starting with the car’s camera view of the road, the images gradually break down into abstract forms, reflecting the network’s increasingly complex layers of understanding and its divergence from human ways of seeing.