You look like a thing and I love you : how artificial intelligence works and why it's making the world a weirder place

"You look like a thing and I love you" is one of the best pickup lines ever ... according to an artificial intelligence trained by scientist Janelle Shane, creator of the popular blog AI Weirdness. She creates silly AIs that learn how to name paint colors, create the best recipes, and even flirt (badly) with humans-- all to understand the technology that governs so much of our daily lives. We rely on AI every day for recommendations, for translat...