"AI writing will certainly make the job of professional writers much easier."
"If you want your newsfeed to know what kind of relations you are in with different people and then present only those things that are of interest to that specific relationship, the algorithm that is generating that newsfeed needs to be aware of the type of relationship that you have with your dad versus the type of relationship that you have with your colleague."
"We are trying to make a machine collaborate with humans to generate a short story."
"The mathematical representations make it difficult for even human experts or scientists to decipher how exactly the system is working."

Season 02 Episode 04

AI & Augmented Storytelling

Featuring Snigdha Chaturvedi

Artificial intelligence already writes stock and minor league sports blurbs. Is storytelling next? AI researcher Snigdha Chaturvedi joins Dirk and Jon to share her research projects developing AI augmented storytelling tools.

AI researcher Snigdha Chaturvedi joins Dirk and Jon to share details from her research projects over the years, building toward AI that can eventually tell original stories. We learn about challenges faced in her work, limitations with the current technology, and how AI storytelling with augment professional writers and amateur non-writers in the near future.

Snigdha Chaturvedi

Assistant Professor/University of California, Santa Cruz

Snigdha Chaturvedi is an Assistant Professor in the department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She specializes in the field of Natural Language Processing which focusses on making computers understand a human language like English, German, etc. Previously, she was a postdoctoral fellow at University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, and University of Pennsylvania. She was also a student at University of Maryland, College Park and Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.

Dirk Knemeyer

Producer

Dirk is a social futurist, helping to imagine and implement social systems that better humanity. His research on the human condition has taken him around the world, from North Korea to Nepal, and from an anti-immigration parade in Germany to meeting with a community leader in Ferguson, Missouri. Previously a design entrepreneur, he created successful technology companies in Silicon Valley, Boston, and his native Ohio.

Jonathan Follett

Producer

Jon is a writer, musician, and emerging tech researcher who is a principal at GoInvo, a design practice dedicated to innovation in healthcare. His published books include science fiction novel "Marvin and the Moths" with Scholastic and "Designing for Emerging Technologies" with O’Reilly. He produces electronic dance music under the name Jonny Fallout.

Season 02 Episode 04

AI & Augmented Storytelling

Featuring Snigdha Chaturvedi

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Snigdha Chaturvedi

Dirk Knemeyer

Jonathan Follett

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