You Can Play Pictionary with Google's AI

Clearly the author doesn't often make tea. With a new collection of eight experiments, Google is opening up its artificial intelligence research to the masses. Encompassing a few different areas of AI research, the various experiments allow you to play, draw and type along as the computer attempts to guess what you're up to. The goal is two-fold: allow the uninitiated to experience AI for themselves, and help train the AI. Every time you participate in one of the experiments, you add a little more data to help the computer fine-tune its decision-making algorithms. For example, in the drawing experiment, you're asked to sketch six objects and given 20 seconds to do so. As you doodle, the computer guesses what you're drawing, based on its previous experience. Both correct and false guesses strengthen its confidence, and make it just that much more likely to pick the right answer next time. ...