Nightmare Machine at CSIRO is slowly but surely learning how to terrify humans
Source: Marcus Strom
The prospect of artificial intelligence is scary enough for some, but Manuel Cebrian Ramos at CSIRO's Data61 is teaching machines how to terrify humans on purpose.
Dr Cebrian and his colleagues Pinar Yanardag and Iyad Rahwan at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed the Nightmare Machine.
This is an artificial intelligence algorithm that is teaching a new generation of computers not only what terrifies human beings, but also how to create new images to scare us.
It spontaneously produces zombie faces and can transform images of places into nightmare scenarios.
"Halloween is here. So we humans spend a lot of time trying to work out what the scariest costume is, what the scariest make-up is, the scariest party. This is a very creative endeavour.
"But can machines do it? Can machines identify, in a creative way, something that is going to be scary?"
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