Storytelling may be quintessential human act, but computers are quickly catching up.
Developer Samim Winiger has merged image-recognition and language-processing software to birth an open-source program that can take an image and make up a story about it on the spot.
To give it human-like language, Winiger leaned on two AI models built by University of Toronto PhD student Ryan Kiros— one armed with 14 million passages from romance novels and the other with Taylor Swift Lyrics.
Winiger's AI looks for recognizable objects in an image, finds passages that contain the object in its lusty and lyrical repertoire, and then organizes it into a mini-story.
To test the software, he summoned 5,000 random images from the web. Scroll down to see 13 of Tech Insider's favorite hilariously nonsensical (and unedited) stories.
'He leaned over to kiss me on the shoulder.'
"He was a shirtless man in the back of his mind, and I let out a curse as he leaned over to kiss me on the shoulder.
He wanted to strangle me, considering the beautiful boy I'd become wearing his boxers."
Model: Romantic Novels
'The man released a woman 's blood , and that was the reason for all of them.'
"My man was within a woman, and she gave him a questioning look. I don't know what else to say to her . For the first time in years , I had never seen as beautiful as the rest of my man .
In fact, he had his hands on her hips , holding her close to his chest and looking down at her as if she were the most stunning woman I d ever seen . The man released a woman 's blood , and that was the reason for all of them.
She hoped to make an appearance, convincing him and the woman who was still her first ."
Model: Romantic Novels
'There was only a few people in New York City , and New York City.'
"We had to act much like the leader of the group, and for the first time in months , I had no idea what she was going to do . In fact , I was pretty sure they were all bundled up in the snow . I couldn't help but close my eyes .
As soon as he let go of my leg , he slipped his arm around my waist and pulled me toward him . There was only a few people in New York City , and New York City . She seemed to have no sense of conviction , that the fewer people I trusted and weapons started ."
Model: Romantic Novels
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