02 - The AI That Wrote a Horror Story

Buckle up for a spine-chilling tale on AI Freaky Facts! Host Steve dives into the eerie world of an AI that crafts horror stories so terrifying, they rival Stephen King. Discover how this program spins tales of dread, blurring the line between code and creativity. It’s a quirky, creepy ride into AI’s dark imagination—perfect for thrill-seekers! Subscribe for more unsettling AI stories! Tell us what you think about this AI in the comments.

References:

1. Can artificial intelligence learn to scare us?

https://news.mit.edu/2017/can-ai-learn-to-scare-us-shelley-mit-media-lab-horror-story-1027

2. A Crowd-sourced Collaborative Horror Writer

https://www.media.mit.edu/articles/mit-researchers-trained-an-ai-to-write-horror-stories-based-on-140-000-reddit-posts/

3. How it Worked (AI & Neural Networks)

Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs) explained by DeepAI:

https://deepai.org/machine-learning-glossary-and-terms/recurrent-neural-network

4. r/nosleep

https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/

5. Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35031085-frankenstein

6. StoryBot: Human touch, AI speed. Create tasks effortlessly

https://storymapper.io/storybot

7. Uncanny valley

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley

Music Credits:

“Darkness is coming” by Alena Smirnova

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"Deep Noise" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Tech Live Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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This podcast is narrated by the host's own voice, powered by AI.