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Workshop: Constructive Machine Learning

Narrated Reality

Ross E Goodwin

2016 Invited Talk
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Workshop: Constructive Machine Learning

Abstract

Can machine intelligence enable new forms and interfaces for written language, or does it merely reveal an "uncanny valley" of text? Join Ross Goodwin as he discusses his work with neural networks for creative applications, including expressive image captioning, narration devices for your home and car, and a film (Sunspring) created from a computer generated screenplay.

Speaker

Ross E Goodwin

Ross Goodwin is a creative technologist, artist, hacker, data scientist, and former White House ghostwriter. He employs machine learning, natural language processing, and other computational tools to realize new forms and interfaces for written language. His work has been discussed in the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, CBS News, the Financial Times, the Guardian, the Globe and Mail, Ars Technica, VICE Motherboard, Gizmoto, Engadget, TechCrunch, CNET, Forbes, Slate, Fast Company, the Huffington Post, Mashable, Fusion, Quartz, PetaPixel, and other publications. He has exhibitied or spoken at the International Documentary Film Festival (IDFA) DocLab in Amsterdam, the TriBeCa Film Festival Interactive Showcase in New York, the International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York, the Phi Center in Montreal, Gray Area in San Francisco, the MIT Media Lab, Maker Faire, GitHub Universe, Molasses Books in Bushwick, and other venues. Ross earned his undergraduate degree in Economics from MIT in 2009, and his graduate degree from NYU ITP in May 2016.

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