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Magic Tricks Created Using Artificial Intelligence For the First Time

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the pick-a-circuit-any-circuit dept.

An anonymous reader writes Researchers working on artificial intelligence at Queen Mary University of London have taught a computer to create magic tricks. The researchers gave a computer program the outline of how a magic jigsaw puzzle and a mind reading card trick work, as well the results of experiments into how humans understand magic tricks, and the system created completely new variants on those tricks which can be delivered by a magician.

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  1. Re:AI? They taught it. by mugetsu37 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Who taught you that? :p

  2. Whose idea IS this? by argStyopa · · Score: 4, Funny

    The first thing you want to teach an AI is "how to trick humans"?

    Is that really smart?

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    -Styopa
  3. Re:AI? They taught it. by The+Grim+Reefer · · Score: 3, Funny

    [The] ability to read and write English comes from zero active training.

    Looking at the way kids write these days, I'd have to agree.

    tl;dr