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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. Not tricks, illusions. by SirMasterboy · · Score: 2, Insightful

    A trick is something a whore does for money...

  2. Re:Next trick by phantomfive · · Score: 4, Insightful

    After the AI winter, the field has really gone downhill.

    Since professors still need to publish, they created a distinction between 'strong AI' and 'weak AI.' For some people, this was fine and yielded useful algorithms (but not AI), but largely it's a way to get published without doing anything substantial. Like this study, for example.

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    "First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."