Listen "02 - The AI That Wrote a Horror Story"
Episode Synopsis
Buckle up for a spine-chilling tale on AI Freaky Facts! Host Steve dives into the eerie world of an AI that crafts horror stories so terrifying, they rival Stephen King. Discover how this program spins tales of dread, blurring the line between code and creativity. It’s a quirky, creepy ride into AI’s dark imagination—perfect for thrill-seekers! Subscribe for more unsettling AI stories! Tell us what you think about this AI in the comments.References:1. Can artificial intelligence learn to scare us?https://news.mit.edu/2017/can-ai-learn-to-scare-us-shelley-mit-media-lab-horror-story-10272. A Crowd-sourced Collaborative Horror Writerhttps://www.media.mit.edu/articles/mit-researchers-trained-an-ai-to-write-horror-stories-based-on-140-000-reddit-posts/3. How it Worked (AI & Neural Networks)Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs) explained by DeepAI:https://deepai.org/machine-learning-glossary-and-terms/recurrent-neural-network4. r/nosleephttps://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/5. Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelleyhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35031085-frankenstein6. StoryBot: Human touch, AI speed. Create tasks effortlesslyhttps://storymapper.io/storybot7. Uncanny valleyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valleyMusic Credits:“Darkness is coming” by Alena SmirnovaLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"Deep Noise" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Tech Live Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This podcast is narrated by the host's own voice, powered by AI.
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