Join Janelle Shane, a research scientist and AI humorist known for her blog aiweirdness.com, as she dives into the quirky world of artificial intelligence. She shares hilarious tales of AI-generated pickup lines and the unpredictable nature of image recognition, highlighting how algorithms can surprise us with their mischief. Janelle also demystifies AI's real-world applications, emphasizing the importance of human collaboration in creative expression. Her unique blend of humor and science makes understanding AI both entertaining and engaging.
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AI-Generated Pickup Lines
Janelle Shane trained a neural net on pickup lines, which resulted in nonsensical yet charming phrases.
The most memorable line, "You look like a thing and I love you," became her book title.
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AI's True Nature
Janelle's work reveals AI's limitations, surprising those who expect high intelligence.
Exposing AI's weirdness helps people understand its true nature, distinct from human intelligence.
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The Case of the Missing Sheep
An image captioning AI correctly identified sheep in a Scotland photo, even after they were digitally removed.
Further tests revealed the AI hallucinated sheep, horses, and even rainbows in other Scotland photos.
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Janelle Shane's "You Look Like a Thing and I Love You" offers a humorous yet insightful look into the world of AI. The book chronicles Shane's experiments with training neural networks, revealing both their surprising capabilities and their inherent limitations. Through a series of entertaining anecdotes, Shane highlights the biases and unexpected behaviors that can emerge from AI systems. The book serves as a cautionary tale about the potential pitfalls of relying too heavily on AI and the importance of understanding its limitations. It's a must-read for anyone interested in the future of AI and its impact on society.
Janelle Shane works as a research scientist in Colorado, where she makes computer-controlled holograms for studying the brain, and other light-steering devices. She is also a self-described A. I. Humorist - on aiweirdness.com, she writes about AI and the sometimes hilarious, sometimes unsettling ways that algorithms get things wrong. Her work has also been featured in the New York Times, The Atlantic, WIRED, Popular Science, and more, AND she has also given the TED talk “The danger of AI is weirder than you think” in 2019.
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