Artificial Intelligence Created To Write Horror Stories
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- It's a long step from Frankenstein, but Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have created artificial intelligence that people can team up with to write horror novels.
The program is dubbed Shelly, a namesake to Mary Shelly, the author of Frankeinstein.
The Shelly AI starts the story with a couple of sentences on its Twitter account and people respond with the next sentence, ending with a hashtage. Shelley will then reply to keep the story going.
Shelley tweets a new story every hour, and she will respond to top collaborated stories! Read terms and rules here: https://t.co/u41lBO5uoa
— Shelley (@shelley_ai) October 23, 2017
Researchers say Shelly has 700-megabytes of inspiration made up of thousands of amateur horror stories it pulls from, using algorithms and user responses to tell a cohesive story.
An ongoing archive of "Stories By Shelley" can be read at stories.shelley.ai.