This week, Justin shares an interesting article that brings into question the amount of energy required to train computational tools like the very ones we use. Then, we return to our new friend Talk To Tansformer and see what it has to say about some popular movies. Talk To Transformer Email Us: robots@batcamp.org Follow us on Twitter: @RobotTy ...…

This week, Justin and Allison are in the same place, joined by Justin’s sister, Chief! Chief talks about Zooniverse, a fun citizen science project. Then they recount some of the excitement of their Dublin vacation with the help of Talk to Transformer. Zooniverse Talk To Transformer Email Us: robots@batcamp.org Follow us on Twitter: @RobotTypewr ...…

This week, Allison and Justin share some hilarious new petitions Janelle Shane partnered with Change.org to make using GTP-2. Then, we once again put some chatbots’ entertainment chops to the test and attempt to cast them our a brand new scripted short: Escape from the Cybernetic Turk. AiWeirdness Change.org Petitions Email Us: robots@batcamp.o ...…

It’s our first birthday! We started Robots on Typewriters a whole year ago and to celebrate, we looked back on some of our favorite podcast memories. These memories, of course, were generated using our favorite generative tools. But before that, Justin does a short roundup on some interesting things he learned about and experienced at CHI last ...…

This week, Allison brings another musical hat to the table, a new tool created by OpenAi. Then, she interrogates three eligible bot-chelors in the brand new Imitation Dating Game to decide which are the chatbots and which is Justin posing as one. MuseNet Email Us: robots@batcamp.org Follow us on Twitter: @RobotTypewriter Follow Allison: @alliso ...…

This week, our friend Kayla joins and tells us about some interesting assistive technology! Justin serves us a bunch of tiny hats topped by one big Max Woolf-created hat. Then, Allison hosts another installment of RNN (Real, Net, Nik) and Justin and Kayla compete to pick real from fake thoroughbred horse names! HCI @ UCD Podcast Robots on Typew ...…

This week, Allison shares an interesting musical project called Dadabots, streaming continuous RNN-generated death metal. Then, Justin leads a wonderful new game suggested by listener Casey McDonough – Robots on Typewriters Balderdash! Dadabots Email Us: robots@batcamp.org Follow us on Twitter: @RobotTypewriter Follow Allison: @allisonperrrone ...…

This week, things get a little steamy up in here while we read some WikiSexts. Then, we return to one of our new favorite random generators and flesh out some characters using some creative charts from Alignment Chart Bot. WikiSext NPC Generator Alignment Chart Bot Email Us: robots@batcamp.org Follow us on Twitter: @RobotTypewriter Follow Allis ...…

This week, Allison keeps the hat close to home and talks about PlanMyDayBot, Justin’s new venture to intersect Twitter bots and our real lives! Then, get ready to rumble as Justin makes Allison guess real from fake wrestlers. PlanMyDayBot textgenrnn Botnik Writer Email Us: robots@batcamp.org Follow us on Twitter: @RobotTypewriter Follow Allison ...…

This week, Justin gives an update on the future of his Twitter bot assignment and talks about a recent AiWeirdness post about an extremely interesting and captivating data visualization made by another developer. Then, in the second installment of the Random Generator RPG, a young innkeeper named Rosa sets out to master the barbecue business th ...…

This week, Allison talks about a playful Google Doodle that celebrates the fun of music and machine learning. Then, Justin leads the charge through a massive but necessary undertaking – the first annual Robots on Typewriters March Madness bracket. Bach Google Doodle Email Us: robots@batcamp.org Follow us on Twitter: @RobotTypewriter Follow Alli ...…

This week, Justin’s twitter bot waxes poetic and employs some different features of Tracery to make some pleasantly coherent haikus. Then, Allison takes them on a walk down memory lane where they relive some of their best and worst scavenger hunt memories. Abe Foster’s Post Botnik Writer Email Us: robots@batcamp.org Follow us on Twitter: @Robot ...…

Inspired by show faves Janelle Shane and Max Woolf, Allison tests Google Cloud Vision to see what it thinks about some popular optical illusions. Then, Allison and Justin face off with some randomized teams of colorful characters in a new game called Fantasy Drafts. Janelle Shane’s Tweet Max Woolf’s Reddit Post Email Us: robots@batcamp.org Foll ...…

Justin shares the newest function of his Twitter bot and also leads a very interesting discussion on the nature of creativity itself. Then, Allison and Justin put another of their favorite musical acts through the Starmaker machine and generate a solution to the creative differences of the fun. (The band, that is.)…

This week, Allison rounds up a couple of her most recently discovered favorite Twitter Bots. Then, Justin Robot-ifies a game they’ve played in real life which he calls BLT: Clams Geese Edition. Magritte Bot Inscrutable Meme Bot Emoji Snake Bot Email Us: robots@batcamp.org Follow us on Twitter: @RobotTypewriter Follow Allison: @allisonperrrone V ...…

This week, Justin updates us on his Twitter Bot’s new project and talks about a new Botnik post that reminded him of an old, pre-Botnik piece. Then, Allison tests Justin’s ability to tell real from RNN when it comes to obscure musical theater. Botnik Studios Object Dreams textgenrnn Email Us: robots@batcamp.org Follow us on Twitter: @RobotTypew ...…

Allison talks about a little taco robot she met in real life and an absurd karaoke generator made by a group of high school students for Hack Pennsylvania. Then, in the second edition of Regression to the Meme, Justin tests Allison’s sketchy knowledge of the wine industry against his neural network sommelier and some guy named Python. Hack Penn ...…

This week, Justin and Allison play around with a voice synthesizer and talk about the Twitter Bots Justin will be required to make for class. Then, they stumble through a hastily put together game that creates characters by blending random generation with dice rolling and then pits those characters and their superpowered pets against each other ...…

This week, Allison talks about an exciting collaboration – the hilarious predictive text sketch written by the Botnik Studios team and performed by College Humor. Then, Justin and Allison orchestrate a conversation between Eliza, the Rogerian Therapist chatbot and a new, troubled character born from the script of High School Musical. Botnik Col ...…

This week, Justin talks about a Twitter bot that very much aligns with our interests and a new bot on the scene from Google Deepmind that’s wiping the competition clean. Then, Allison and Justin work together to create a brand new hit musician in a new game they call Star Maker. They put Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig through the machine ...…

We got an email! And not just any email – this week, a listener provided the Zesty Hat! We talk about a website called Click-o-Tron full of clickbait articles written by an RNN. Then, we prep for Oscar season and make our predictions for the winners and losers of this year’s textgenrnn Acadamy Awards. Click-o-Tron About Click-o-Tron textgenrnn ...…

Allison and Justin have a brand new Twitter bot son and he’s so much better than the first. Follow @bottermore for all kinds of absurd Harry Potter trivia and quotes! This week, we embrace the coming of Twenty Mimeteen by reviewing some of the wildest, most newsworthy headlines of 2018. Here’s to hoping we rebuild commerce as we knew it and get ...…

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from us here at Robots on Typewriters! On this explicable Christmas Day upload, Allison brings the family together to talk about some holiday content from our favorite creators. Then, Justin debuts a new game that pins Allison against a neural network of his own creation. AiWeirdness Botnik Studios Email Us: r ...…

This week, Justin stirs the drama pot again and calls out some questionably created Burger King ads that claim to have been written by AI. Then, Allison throws our typical holiday party by busting out the Random Lists Mad Lib Songs. Make sure you sing these new classics with your family this year. RandomLists.com Email Us: robots@batcamp.org Fo ...…

Let’s return to Allison’s Twitter Bot Corner with an update on EmojiTetra, a jarring tweet from Magical Realism bot, and some others! Then, Justin and Allison slip into a classic game of Botnik Jeopardy and get a little bit too comfortable. Though, they do bring up some interesting trivia about all the brothers of historical figures who got fam ...…

This week, Justin talks about one of the OG comedy Twitter bots, the Joking Computer! Then, things get a little mysterious as Allison makes Justin come up with premises for textgenrnn-made mystery films with some other randomly generated elements. Joking Computer About Joking Computer textgenrnn RandomLists.com Email Us: robots@batcamp.org Foll ...…

This week, Allison talks about the nightmarish Frankensteinian creations you can make with Ganbreeder. Then, Justin hosts a brand new game of his own creation, Wiki Orienteering! And things might get a little jarringly hostile towards J.K. Rowling but we don’t need to talk about that again. ganbreeder.app Email Us: robots@batcamp.org Follow us ...…

This week, Justin puts the Zesty Hat right on his own head and tells us a little bit about the research he’s been doing as a Ph. D student at University College Dublin! Then, new holiday traditions are born as Allison makes Justin select a menu of brand new, RNN-generated Thanksgiving dishes. ADAPT Centre textgenrnn Email Us: robots@batcamp.org ...…

This week, we are joined by the lovely, enlightening Janelle Shane of aiweirdness.com, known for her hilarious, endearing, and creative RNN output blog! We ask her some questions about her interest in AI, how she started the blog, and how in the world BigGAN works after all. Then, we put her memory of her own content to the test in a new game, ...…

It’s the ProcJam 2018 round-up episode! Justin talks about three fun tools created for ProcJam and then Allison uses one of them to host the second Scripts National Spelling Bee. It conjures up the worst cannibal farmer brothers… wouldn’t you say? Game Quirks Procedural Dynasties Causality Lyre’s Dictionary Email Us: robots@batcamp.org Follow u ...…

This week, Allison and Justin are entirely on the same page seasonally! Allison talks about some fun, festive Halloween content from favorites Botnik and AIWeirdness and Justin hosts a spooky… computer-generated baseball game? That’s right, it’s the final game of the Neural Network World Series! Botnik Goosebumps Novel AIWeirdness Horror Movies ...…

This week, Justin talks about social robotics and Pepper’s visit to Parliament. Then, Spookytime has decidedly crept in as Allison tells some spooky ghost stories and sings some spooky songs. But what’s the twist? They’re madlibs and Justin can only use random generators to fill in the words! RandomLists.com Email Us: robots@batcamp.org Follow ...…

This week, Allison’s Twitter Bot corner is thriving with our first ever submission from a botmaker! Then, Justin throws a Translation Party and tests Allison’s extremely weak knowledge of mid-2000s pop hits. 10pmbot Curator and the Machine Bot Wiki Translation Party Email Us: robots@batcamp.org Follow us on Twitter: @RobotTypewriter Follow Alli ...…

Justin and Allison have created their very own, very first Twitter bot! OTPbot serves up the hottest OTPs in the game every few hours. Then, Allison hosts her first game of RNN – Real, Net, or Nik? – and tests Justin’s knowledge of urban legends like white candy, Bloody Bambino, and the Skunk Ape. OTPbot Cheap Bots Done Quick textgenrnn Botnik ...…

The Songularity is upon us! Allison tells Justin about the new project from Botnik Studios – a pop album by humans and machines. Then, Justin test Allison’s shaky knowledge of classic sitcom Friends with the second ever game of RNN – Real, Net, or Nik? The Songularity Botnik Writer Email Us: robots@batcamp.org Follow us on Twitter: @RobotTypewr ...…

This week, Justin dons a Zesty Hat he’s been looking for quite a while now – Headline Smasher! Then, Allison recycles a Trashy Toy for the first time and tests Justin’s knowledge of extreme Harry Potter deep cuts again. Headline Smasher Botnik Email Us: robots@batcamp.org Follow us on Twitter: @RobotTypewriter Follow Allison: @allisonperrrone V ...…

A new mini-segment is born this week – Allison’s Twitter Bot Corner! On top of that, her Zesty Hat is filled with Youtubers using predictive text in their videos. Then, Justin introduces a new game that uses Google auto-fill suggestions for fun. WYR_bot Glam & Gore’s Video Rhett & Link’s Bruno Mars Song Draw with Jazza’s Video Google Game: http ...…

This week, Justin updates Allison on a cool event he got to attend in Dublin last week – ConverCon! Then, Allison puts up her DM screen again and leads Justin on an odd little RandomLists.com-fueled RPG! Meet Daisy Salas and join her on her very attainable mission on one fateful February day in 1982. Info on ConverCon: https://www.convercon.ie/ ...…

This week, Allison brings some fun graphic tools to the table – the Visual Chatbot and Text to Image! Then, Justin tests her obviously unending knowledge of college sports teams in a new game that’s sure to be a Robots on Typewriters classic, RNN! That’s Real, Net, or ‘Nik? TOOLS FROM THIS EPISODE Visual Chatbot: http://demo.visualdialog.org/ T ...…

This week, Justin returns to a Zesty Hat brought to us several weeks ago by a guest and updates us on how OpenAI’s bots stacked up against human players in Dota 2. Then, Allison throws Justin a going away party with a couple of Irish-themed predictive text games before he ships off to Dublin! Check out botnik.org and their wonderful predictive ...…

We have a very special guest this week – our good friend Mario is here to talk emojis and brackets! We discuss the least used emojis on Twitter and then get into some heated debates to narrow down the best product introduced in 2009, the best Disney single, and the best dried food. Check out Least Used Emoji Bot: @leastUsedEmoji Also check out ...…

Allison brings a new blog for amusing RNN content to the table this week and reads some neural net generated sound effects! Then, Justin and Allison square off in an AI-generated Pokemon battle with beloved Pokemon like Carnal, the Poison/Fairy type and Chotoby, the Bug/Electric/Ghost type. Who will win? Check out Dave Lawrence’s blog Aardvark ...…

If you don’t like This neural net You haven’t heard Our podcast yet Burma Shave This week, Allison highlights a blog post in which neural networks write cheesy ad jingles. In his Trashy Toy, Justin puts Allison’s knowledge of political history to the test as she has to sort real congresspeople from fictitious politicians and neural network crea ...…

This week, Justin talks about his favorite piece of recent internet history and culture, Twitch Plays Pokemon! Then, Justin gets some good and bad news as Allison leads him through a game of Random Generator MASH, dictating his destiny from the results of a serious of random generators from randomlists.com. Be sure to check out all the wild and ...…

For her Zesty Hat, Allison has three new Twitter bots, ranging from a zen aquarium to an interactive game. Then in the Trashy Toy, Justin hosts the first ever Scripts National Spelling Bee with the help of a neural network! The words are challelling and Allison shows her unability to spell like a computer! Find @JoeSondow and his awesome bots o ...…

We have another guest! Our friend Anand tells us about a bot developed by OpenAI made to be the best at Dota 2. Also Allison, the biggest sports expert of them all, quizzes Justin and Anand on some obscure sports history and trivia, written using a Botnik keyboard! Check out botnik.org and their wonderful predictive text writing tool! Twitter: ...…

It’s a round-up on ProcJam 2018! Justin talks about some of his favorite entries from the fantastic procedurally generated game jam that wrapped up last week. Then, Allison uses a couple of them to feed her RPG hunger to lead Justin on a surprisingly interesting and eerie story game. Check out the ProcJam 2018 entries: www.procjam.com Twitter: ...…

Allison and Justin have a guest! Local robotic engineer Garrett Moore joins them to discuss a piece of recent viral fake-AI comedy. Then, they play a game of Real or Botnik with quotes, song titles, and Guy Fieri dishes. Find Garrett on Instagram: @doublepress Check out Botnik.org and their wonderful predictive text writing tool! Email Us: robo ...…

Learn how to clean Legos with short hair as a teen! This week, Allison and Justin talk about some minor drama in the Twitter bot world and learn about a team of MIT researchers that develop creepy, macabre AI. Then, they upturn some different, more subtle horrors on wikiHow as Allison tries to guess what’s being instructed in the step-by-step. ...…

Only 90s kids remember Christian wizard rock bands like God’s Dormitory. Allison and Justin harken back to their days as masters of Harry Potter minutia and play a game of Harry Potter Jeopardy written with a Botnik keyboard. Also, Justin tells Allison about one of his favorite subreddits, /r/SubredditSimulator. Subreddit Simulator: https://www ...…