Netflix can’t wait to use A.I. to make movies
A.I. Has Already Created A Movie, Video Game, Fine Art, and Novel — And The Results are Horrifyingly Encouraging
There’s no doubt that human-created art is widely celebrated. Receiving an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, or Tony award is the pinnacle of success for many artists. When will the masses begin celebrating computer-created art? Will traditional award ceremonies even accept computers?
Today, there’s nothing flashy or original about algorithms and their creative works. But, they’re still in the beginning stages.
For instance, at the Georgia Institute of Technology, two researchers are teaching an algorithm how to create video games by feeding it videos of people playing the first levels of Super Mario Bros., Kirby’s Adventure, and Mega Man. One of the researchers, Mark Riedl describes their method:
It’s the mimicry approach to creativity, which isn’t a bad place to start because humans also learn to be creative by mimicking at first.
— Mark Riedl, Motherboard
Since embarking on this mission, the algorithm has made hundreds of bad video games. But, two of them — Killer Bounce and Death Walls — have surfaced as halfway decent games I could see myself wasting an hour or…
