Janelle Shane

Most Creative People 2019

Janelle Shane

Founder, AI Weirdness | Boulder, CO

For highlighting sh*t neural networks say

Janelle Shane is a research scientist in optics--but in her off time, she's the founder of AIWeirdness.com, a blog where she posts her experiments with machine learning--and the uncanny, hilarious, and often brilliant results. She has collaborated with The New York Times and CNN Business, and her first book, You Look Like A Thing And I Love You: How AI Works And Why It’s Making The World A Weirder Place, will be published on November 5, 2019.

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Fast Company Magazine

How this optics research scientist is finding real humor in artificial intelligence

7 problems with Trump’s “American AI” Initiative

The president has a plan for AI in America. I spoke to four researchers about what it gets right–or wrong.

7 problems with Trump’s “American AI” Initiative

The 5 best AI-generated images of 2018

These images are technological feats that hint at where AI is headed next.

The 5 best AI-generated images of 2018

Don’t have a Halloween costume? Let an AI pick one for you

Janelle Shane teamed up with the New York Times to show an AI how to dream up costumes.

Don’t have a Halloween costume? Let an AI pick one for you

This AI dreams about pumpkin-flavored craft beers

These AI-generated apple names are the new best thing about fall

Who needs foliage, when you have Warrior Golden Pippins of Bellandfust?

These AI-generated apple names are the new best thing about fall

This AI is better at naming Burning Man camps than actual Burners

Welcome to camp Dirty Chris.

This AI is better at naming Burning Man camps than actual Burners

Some of these robot-generated ice cream flavors sound weirdly delicious

Here are some April Fools’ Day pranks generated by a neural net

Happy Valentine’s Day From A Very Horny Neural Network

DOOO ME. BONG LOV. TIME 2 WANK.

Happy Valentine’s Day From A Very Horny Neural Network

This AI Is Better At Naming New Beers Than Most Breweries

Impact

How to get buses to run on schedule? Restrict other traffic

Encouraging pride—not guilt—could be a key to saving the planet

This kit of parts is designed to build cheaper, faster affordable housing on small urban lots

Creativity

The internet’s kangaroo court has sentenced Matt Gaetz to be mocked for his Captain Kangaroo zinger

Watch out, AI is coming for your playlist next

It’s not about ‘beliefs,’ Ellen: Why DeGeneres’s weak defense of George W. Bush is a denial of reality

Co.Design

Trump’s old lawyers really, really love Comic Sans

This home goods startup wants to be an eco-friendlier Proctor & Gamble

Federal judge responds to iPhone notch design lawsuit with brutal one-liner

Work Life

Why you need to accept that ‘doing your best’ looks different every day

How to encourage mental toughness in anyone

Advice from female entrepreneurs who hired their former bosses