India, April 18 -- Every team will brainstorm at some point to produce new architecture or code, but looking even further outside the box might be the key to advancing artificial intelligence.
On Tuesday night of the O'Reilly Artificial Intelligence Conference in New York, the crew from Ignite NYC brought together comedians, literature experts, and technologists to share ideas about AI. Ignite NYC is an organization that puts on events that combine artists and other creatives with technology innovators who each make short, rapid-fire presentations. The motley gathering on Tuesday included a discussion about whether AI and machine learning could be used to coherently replicate passages from a book of faith - so far, the answer is no. From a...