Experts in artificial intelligence have gotten quite good at creating computers that can “see” the world around them—recognizing objects, animals, and activities within their purview. These have become the foundational technologies for autonomous cars, planes, and security systems of the future. But…
AI-made art is more than a gimmick. It shows us how computers think. But if machines can be creative, Mirjam Guesgen asks: have we lost the last thing that makes us different from them? Have we lost a part that makes us…
One hundred years ago, a play by the Czech author Karel Čapek introduced the word “robot,” telling the story of artificial factory workers designed to serve humans. Now, in a metanarrative twist, a robot itself has written a play. And it premieres…
Horses don’t normally wear hats, and deep generative models, or GANs, don’t normally follow rules laid out by human programmers. But a new tool developed at MIT lets anyone go into a GAN and tell the model, like a coder, to put…
A play written entirely by artificial intelligence is expected to premiere next January. Created by Czech researchers at Charles University, Švanda Theater and the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, the piece will be a new reimagining of science-fiction script R U R by…
