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

The journalist who revealed the secrets of Trump’s relationship with Deutsche Bank

How a Wall Street exec’s suicide led his son to share files on Trump’s favorite bank with the FBI

This edible blob filled with water means you don’t need a plastic bottle

Creativity

White House Correspondents’ Association invites comedians back after caving to Trump. But the damage is done

Think your vote doesn’t count? This rapper brilliantly shows why that’s not true

New Domino’s ad goes full gentrification and turns Cheers into a pizza place

Co.Design

In Chicago, an iconic artist-designed mini golf course gets a second life

What companies really want in a designer, according to a top recruiter for Google, Dropbox, and Sonder

Durex now has its own typeface. Let’s just say it gets the job done

Work Life

How each presidential candidate would address the outrageous cost of childcare

The hidden factor that’s keeping people out of STEM jobs

What young women want at work