Artificial Intelligence for Entertainment
When I first got a week off from work for Covid-19, I was baffled by how fast the severity of the situation arose. Receiving a mandatory week off in the middle of my internship was something that surprised me. I decided to use this temporary time off to catch up on shows like Better Call Saul and finally got to see El Camino. The week ended and our state’s governor closed the schools. Soon after the world was put on lockdown. In my hubris I first became excited about being able to finish all the shows I’ve been wanting to watch. I would have never guessed that my wish would curl the monkey’s paw.
Staying Entertained during the Lockdown
After binging the entire Netflix catalogue of content that interested me, I realized that I was out of shows to watch. When looking for other streaming services I became intimidated by the sheer number of subscription services that exist. With 200+ streaming services each one with interesting shows I didn’t know what to pick. I decided to look up some free entertaining AI experiments on the web and found quite a few. I’ll share a few of my favorite AI experiments that exist on the web.
1.) Single-Player Pictionary with Google AI
Ever want to play Pictionary but your friend can’t tell the difference between a pencil and a kayak? Let me introduce you to Quickdraw. In this AI experiment Google has you play Pictionary with a neural network. Each successful drawing you make is entered into the network and helps train the AI. Be quick! The game only allows you to draw for 20 seconds
2.) AI assisted drawing
Want to improve your drawing skills with the power of technology? With pix2pix one can have their drawing finished by an AI. The results of the program are hilarious and I found myself trying to draw a realistic cat. The website also has building facades and shoe drawing AI but I liked the pet one the best.
3.) AI Text-Adventure
Do you miss those text-adventure games in the 70s? What if someone made a text adventure that uses AI to generate the adventure? AI Dungeon answers those questions in its free-to-play single player text adventure game. Players can enter in a prompt to start off the story and the AI adds events into it and responds to the player’s actions. With an account the player can access more settings and customizability. If one craves even more adventure they can buy a monthly subscription to unlock more features. The AI is finnicky at times but that adds to the charm.
