Podcasts by Robots on Typewriters

Episode 170: That Was What We Really Liked from 2023-05-30T18:22:11

It's no secret that the world of computational creativity is much different today than it was five years ago, so it seems like the right moment to put this robot into sleep mode.

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Episode 169: Gloves is Gloves from 2023-01-13T20:02:38

You didn't think we forgot about the annual Robots on Typewriters White Elephant Gift Exchange, did you? Of course not! Just a bit belated, even though hot tub season is through. But first, we a...

Episode 168: Ooh, Da Cheese from 2022-12-23T14:31:34

It's the beginning of the Robots on Typewriters holiday season with a belated Thanksgiving meal! Gather round the table for some cough syrup cocktails and conquistador potatoes.

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Episode 167: A Murder of Kennedys from 2022-11-05T15:39:01

This week, we are joined by dear old friend of the pod Mario Gambino, who helps us develop a newer, better version of a notorious modern musical man.

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Episode 166: Fantasy George Costanza from 2022-10-21T20:08:52

This week, we take a look at a Twitter thread about a horrifying woman "haunting" one artist's GAN outputs. Then, we pay a visit to our new favorite drinking buddies and follow as they meet some...

Episode 165: Psy’s Brother, My Brother, and Me from 2022-10-08T20:14:46

This week, we're in the same room! We talk about a bit of controversy around AI-generated art and then play a game of Real, Net, 'Nik with K-pop artists, song titles, and lyrics.

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Episode 164: Two Small Black Eyelashes from 2022-09-22T10:00

On a very foodie episode, we look at some Ai Weirdness food and beverage. Then, we indulge some judges with dubious intentions in a GPT-fueled game of Chopped.

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Episode 163: Dispatches from CUI 2022 from 2022-08-21T21:03:07

A minisode from Justin on the floor at CUI 2022 this July, talking about the event hosted by himself and Dr. Leigh Michael Harry Clark!

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Episode 162: Cooke‘n’Lam from 2022-07-14T10:00

This week, we take a look at some more fun with DALL-E 2. Then, we meet two new rowdy lads who just want to have a good time round the pub and the graveyard.

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Episode 161: A Left Ear, a Right Ear, and a Personality from 2022-06-23T10:00

Our necks are breaking under the weight of this heavy hat this week, between the viral sensatio of Dall-e Mini and the strange case of Google's "sentient" chatbot. Then, we kick back with some o...

Episode 160: Savage and Grimes in the Morning from 2022-06-09T10:00

This week, Justin gets us acquainted with two new, huge (language) models in your area. Then, Inspector Roboto has some questioning to do for suspects of some highly unusual crimes.

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Episode 159: Engineers of Pleasure from 2022-05-27T01:21:54

This week, we are joined by dear friend and foe of the show, Leigh Clark! (Dr. Leigh Michael Harry Clark, to be exact.) He tells us a bit about the origins of CUI and the upcoming CUI 2022. We t...

Episode 158: Are You OK,‘Scemi from 2022-05-12T21:28:13

Welcome to Season 2 of Robots on Typewriters! You might notice a few changes around here, but the hats are still zesty and the toys are still trashy. To commemorate the first four years of the p...

Episode 157: Gemtrou, True, True from 2022-04-21T12:00

On this, the unexpected finale of the first season of Robots on Typewriters, we discuss the recent hubbub around DALL-E 2. Then, we finally bring a conclusion to the long road to justice for Jac...

Episode 156: Janine’s Mom Says from 2022-04-16T20:04:31

This week, we open the mailbag and share some creative works our listeners have shared. Then, we begin to draw closer to the end of our longest, most dramatic saga... Bringing the Gourmet Crime ...

Episode 155: #KeepSpaceCold from 2022-03-31T18:00:35

What's that? The sound of This Magic Moment followed by Jock Jams? That's right, it's March Madness 2022! But first, we take a little jaunt around the worlds of TikTok and Youtube to see how som...

Episode 154: Gritty Gritty-McGruff (w/ Nat Towsen) from 2022-03-10T13:00

This week, we are joined by writer and comedian Nat Towsen from Botnik Studios! He shares a bit about his experiences writing for Botnik and then provides us with an x-traordinary game of guessi...

Episode 153: Je Suis Peter Vees from 2022-02-24T13:00

There's always been something strange about Peter Vees... But what had Joshua Wilkinson so concerned about him at the gift exchange? How is Jack involved? And how does mall security put up with ...

Episode 152: For Better or for Cursed from 2022-02-10T12:00

This week, we talk about a fun new tool from Hugging Face, SWAG. Then, we do some light shopping for some mysterious items, only mostly cursed.

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Episode 151: The Auntie Christ from 2022-01-27T13:00

It's the third annual Robots on Typewriters White Elephant Gift Exchange! Some of our closest and worst friends gather to share some strange and unsettling holiday cheer.

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Episode 150: Stevie v. Knicks from 2022-01-17T21:25:56

It's the Yuletide season and that means thirteen things: Yule Lads! (Hey, no - just pretend it's still Christmas. In the Robots on Typewriters Calendar, Christmas extends until January 31st. I'...

Episode 149: It’s Unusual from 2021-12-10T21:38:04

With the introduction of a poorly executed new algorithm, we spend an episode discussing Ask Delphi and subsequently using it to judge some of our characters' more questionable actions.

Episode 148: Leave the Grape, Take the Cannoli from 2021-11-05T01:36:14

It's never too late for Botober 2021 (even though this was recorded before it even started...) Then, we play two converging games of Assassin, where two ex-lovers track each other down. Will it ...

Episode 147: My Friend Tom’s Cousin Tom from 2021-10-25T15:15:07

This week, Justin shares a phenomenal video that not only uses Styleclip in a creative way, but promotes an understanding of the tool to viewers. Then, we play a game invented for CUI 2021 - Tab...

Episode 146: Kayaking Cowboy Kids from 2021-09-03T15:39:21

This week, we return to Allison's Twitter Bot corner and find one of our all time favorite bots ever. Then, we recap the 2020 Olympics from this summer.

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Episode 145: It’s Gourmet from 2021-08-27T15:09:24

This week, Justin recaps a bit of the ongoings at CUI 2021. We also rifle through the mail bag, which leads us to delve into some questions about the familial relationships between some of our c...

Episode 144: Roboto and the Amazing Technicolor Foot-Long from 2021-08-19T16:14:29

Woof, another unintentional hiatus - but we should be back for good! On this nearly two month old episode, we discuss a recent GAN tool and then play a game of AIDungeon with some characters dev...

Episode 143: Lamb Showboat from 2021-07-18T20:40:35

We're finally back... This week, we talk about a (now old) AiWeirdness post introducing us to some rather interesting men. Then, we go on a series of interesting and eclectic picnics.

Episode 142: The New-Leigh Dad Game from 2021-06-10T10:00:56

It's a Father's Day tradition in this house to have Dr. Leigh Michael Harry Clark join us to talk about CUI and daddies. We discuss the new CUI 2021 provocation paper penned by all three of us a...

Episode 141: Moms Per Minute from 2021-05-27T21:40:12

This week, we discuss LaMDA, Google's imminent dialogue-focused language model. Then, dust off all your songs about moms, it's Eurovision 2021! And apparently, Nate Reuss is at the judge's table...

Episode 140: Mr. Ant Jean from 2021-05-18T23:55:20

This week, Justin and Allison are in the same room and celebrating Mother's Day with our favorite complicated mother-son relationship... Roboto and the Bean!

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Episode 139: The T.J. Maccine from 2021-04-29T15:57:37

This week, we explore StyleCLIP, a GAN that uses text to influence images. Then, we look into some of the options that some less likely corporations are offering to help get the public vaccinate...

Episode 138: Inspector Roboto&Mr. Oscar from 2021-04-16T15:50:47

This week, we check back in with some recent AiWeirdness content and then, return to an old friend who seems to be going through a bit of an identity crisis.

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Episode 137: Sad Little Edsel Ford from 2021-03-26T20:20:16

This week, Allison brings a tiny little Twitter bot corner so that we can get straight to the good stuff - March Madness 2021! That's right, it's time for brackets and This Magic Moment followed...

Episode 136: Shootin’the Sheep from 2021-03-21T23:30:29

This week, we talk about some recent discussions around GPT-3 and transparency. Then, we and some of our good friends Ask Botty for advice.

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Episode 135: Mr. Don’t Leak from 2021-03-12T23:06:49

This week, Justin brings us some pessimistic news from the world of AI. Then, we generate some Dr. Seuss stories for a new generation.

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Episode 134: Rain Twain Brain from 2021-03-05T18:16:31

This week is a bit of a belated Valentine's Day hat as we explore some potential bot suitors and some candy that AI might use to show their love. Then, we return to the tense and mysterious tale...

Episode 133: The Italian Detective from 2021-02-18T17:17:23

This week, Justin brings to us some big, zesty news in the world of transformers coming to us from Google. Then, we take another trip down the red carpet for the 2021 Botscars!

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Episode 132: The Mortal Strike from 2021-02-16T02:17:10

This week, Allison shares a video by a YouTuber who recently explored the world of creative AI. Then, we dive into the Robots on Typewriters Stock Market and uncover the shadowy world of Magic B...

Episode 131: Old Deuty Jench from 2021-02-09T04:02:47

This week, Justin shares with us some musical creations made with a tool called Magenta. Then, we learn how to say no when it's important, like when your lying ex-friend Nanaki insists on coming...

Episode 130: Succubrother from 2021-01-28T11:00:23

This week, Allison shares some highlights from Luba Elliott's most recent Computational Creativity Newsletter. Then, we pick up with our favorite old dandies, Eve Ward and Maximilian Nielsen, wh...

Episode 129: Mr. Mojo Jello from 2021-01-22T02:02:53

We're back! It's a new year and we've got some news in GPT-3 visual art from Open AI! Then, we introduce ourselves to each other over and over again with some GPT-written nicknames.

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Episode 128: Nuts, Dummies! from 2020-12-24T16:46:50

It's that time of year again - time for the Robots on Typewriters White Elephant exchange! But before our beloved characters can unwrap and steal gifts from each other, we talk about a recent wo...

Episode 127: Sock Informer from 2020-12-18T02:09:22

This week, Justin gives a bit of a mysterious, musical update to his Blaseball Bleat and then shares a confluence of the worlds of fine art and computational creativity. Then, we draft our very ...

Episode 126: The Golden Age of Haunting from 2020-12-14T22:36:50

This week as ProcJam 2020 comes to a close, we take a look back through some entries from the years we missed before the podcast began. Then, we pick back up with our favorite poser teens as the...

Episode 125: Potential Christmas Song from 2020-12-03T11:00:13

This week, Justin introduces a new segment he's calling Justin's Blaseball Beat, with a brief update on some interesting happenings in Blaseball. Later, it's hot tub time and you know what that ...

Episode 124: An Exuberant Lady of High Spirits from 2020-11-22T20:22:36

This week, we look into a strange competition between two chatbots, a conversation you can still observe in action as they keep on chatting. Then, we hop in our sea plane and zoom around the wor...

Episode 123: Governor Vlad the Tiddy from 2020-11-17T21:56:50

Justin fills us in on an update from AIDungeon regarding a new feature and pricing structure. Then, we play the game itself once more while incorporating a Twitter Bot we discussed recently, Inc...

Episode 122: Ice Cream and Grape Sauce from 2020-11-05T22:07:23

This week, we take a trip to the Twitter Bot Corner to hype our new one, Combination Bot, along with a few others! Then, we crack open the freezer and dump everything in the pantry on some ice c...

Episode 121: The Standards of Night Needs from 2020-10-29T10:00:18

This week, Justin discusses a published paper about machine learning that missed the mark on some things. Then, we round off the Halloween month by creating some spooky rules and regulations sur...

Episode 120: Luis from the Nightmare Before Christmas from 2020-10-22T10:00:19

This week, Allison shares a blog post that took a look into a mysterious GPT-3 powered Reddit user. Then, we play AI Dungeon for the thousandth time but with a TV Tropes twist!

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Episode 119: Scarf Fiend from 2020-10-15T10:00

This week, Justin shares an entertaining new feature on Facebook, suggested by a listener, and some news about the future of GPT-3. Then, we carry on our Halloween festivities with a spooky edit...

Episode 118: Flint’s Makin’Vitties from 2020-10-08T13:31:14

This week, Allison shares some information about ProcJam 2020, coming this December! Then, Justin leads us in a game of what is sure to be a family classic, Bananagram It: Escape from the Haunt...

Episode 117: Vampire Detective Basketball from 2020-10-01T22:11:43

This week, our good FOTP (friend of the pod) Mario Gambino joins us once more to continue a story of intrigue and passion on AI Dungeon. But first, Justin talks about one of our pet concerns: tr...

Episode 116: Young Duck Dick from 2020-09-27T22:45:51

This week, we check out some unsettling dogs from the Twitter account @dog_fakes. Then, Justin tests Allison's knowledge of meme history in a game of - everybody now - Real, Net, Nik!

Episode 115: Martinis in the Bahamas from 2020-09-22T17:43:39

This week, Justin preps us for the upcoming AI-prompted art challenge, Botober. Then, we bring some of our favorite chatbots in to interview for some jobs they are wildly underqualified for. Listen

Episode 114.5: Clam Neck East from 2020-09-10T17:37:10

No, you're hearing it correctly - this is a near-replica of Episode 114, except we're reading from the automatic closed caption script provided by Google Meet!

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Episode 114: Beefy’s Got Mail from 2020-09-04T20:14:41

This week, we return to Allison's Twitter Bot corner with a handful of fun bots to follow. Then, we play new twist on an old favorite game - Clam That Geese!

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Episode 113: Bottling Plant Spaghetti from 2020-08-29T02:25:37

This week, Justin's hat is brought to us partially by a listener, partially by PC Gamer - fun with procedural generation in video games. Then, we visit an old friend, the Dreamer of Electric She...

Episode 112: Benny Pipeline from 2020-08-20T16:46:10

This week, we take some personality quizzes written with GPT-3 by Janelle Shane. Then, we open the mailbag and read some of the postcards our friends have sent us from all over the world this su...

Episode 111: Snuff Buskers from 2020-08-06T20:57:11

This week, we share some delightful things that were shared with us by some of you listeners! Then, we lay down some of the laws of the beach and boardwalk in our homeland.

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Episode 110: Toroki Honto from 2020-07-30T20:58:05

This week, we delight in some GPT-3-written Quarantine House memes from AI Weirdness. Then, Allison's formidable sports knowledge is tested in a game we now tentatively call "Where Did Jesus Tak...

Episode 109: New York City, Dipstick from 2020-07-23T14:56:50

This week, we take a peek back at GPT-3 and some of the ways it is proving to be even more of an improvement on GPT-2 than we expected. Then we put some of that to the test by playing AI Dungeon...

Episode 108: Kill Yoko from 2020-07-16T22:21:31

This week, we talk about Face Depixelizer, a fun Google Colab that uses a GAN to generate a face from a pixelized image. Then, we continue what we started last week and flesh out the story of th...

Episode 107: Blood Brothers On Deck from 2020-07-09T19:56:05

This week, Justin briefs us on a big development in the language generation field - GPT-3! Then, we use its little brother GPT-2 to pitch a Broadway season's worth of new musicals for the years ...

Episode 106: Gin and Spinch from 2020-07-02T21:18:47

This week, we make a return Allison's Twitter Bot corner with some dreaming bots and Galaxy Brain memes. Then, we team up with GPT-2 to curate some Top 10 listicles for breakfast, lunch, and aft...

Episode 105: Young, Dumb Dads from 2020-06-24T23:13:43

This week, we are joined by Dr. Leigh Clark, one of the organizers for CUI 2020, and he tells us what CUI is all about. Then, in honor of the recent day to celebrate dads, we play a twist on a g...

Episode 104: Rudy Picks Your Urn from 2020-06-18T01:43:08

This week, we talk about another podcast that's telling stories using computers like us! Then, we play an old-fashioned gameshow with a GPT-2 twist.

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Episode 103: The Monster Becomes Gay Ending from 2020-06-11T20:01:48

This week, Justin shares with us some art that discusses race and __ in America while utilizing AI and technology. Then, we continue the saga of Inspector Roboto.

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Episode 102: The Phantom Trouble of Doll Street from 2020-05-26T15:04:52

This week, Justin introduces a new Google Colab by Max Woolf, aitextgen! Then, we embark on another AI Dungeon adventure inspired by a contribution from a listener. Can Inspector Roboto figure ...

Episode 101: Angry Big Supreme from 2020-05-20T02:09:31

This week, we have a friend with us! Matt Rutala joins us for first, some ai-generated escape rooms, and then, an ai-generated barbecue in the form of a game of Real, Net, 'Nik.

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Episode 100: The New York Play from 2020-05-13T14:52:01

It's our 100TH EPISODE! Before we celebrate, we pop back to last week's hat to share some AI Weirdness Jukebox content. Then, we open the vault of secret episodes we've made every week but kept ...

Episode 99: The Back Blade Bees from 2020-05-06T01:36:18

This week, it's hot tub time, and you know what that means. We talk about a new tool from OpenAI, Jukebox, a neural net for some really amazing music generation. Then, we play a game of Robots o...

Episode 98: Ireland Roy Karen Love from 2020-04-29T01:22:17

This week, Justin talks about a text-to-image tool with mysterious inner-workings. Then, we return to another mystery that was left on a cliffhanger last week and chat with some of our dear fri...

Episode 97: The Jake to Jack Connection from 2020-04-21T10:30:03

This week, we have an update on a show-favorite game, AI Dungeon. Then, it's time to play ball! A team full of RoT All Stars faces off against a team of procedurally generated pros in a baseball...

Episode 96: A Bean Batter from 2020-04-16T19:26:28

This week, Justin talks about a fun subreddit manned by GPT-2. Then, we get back in the Robots on Typewriters Test Kitchen and whip up some interesting meals that you may or may not want to try ...

Episode 95: The Lady in Green from 2020-04-07T15:54:42

This week, we check in on what our pal Janelle Shane did for April Fools Day this year. Then, we learn how to do some very essential things with some new randomized WikiHow articles.

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Episode 94: Sandy Carmenego from 2020-03-31T18:52:48

This week, we recover from our March Madness stint with a nice, musical hat from Justin. Then, we play our favorite old game, RNN: Real, Net, 'Nik? with your favorite childhood computer games. Listen

Episode 93: The Sacramental Bee from 2020-03-25T16:42:40

It's week 2 of Robots on Typewriters March Madness and this week, we have a bracket expert with us to narrow down the finals: our dear friend Mario Gambino!

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Episode 92: Goose Juice from 2020-03-19T02:49:59

This week, Allison brings a pleasant museum of procedurally selected bird content. Then, we bring the heat in our own 2020 March Madness whittling down two semi-finalists in computer-generated c...

Episode 91: Pan Hat Rubbery Leg from 2020-03-12T02:23:41

This week, Allison introduces a new way to use GANs to turn ingredients into food abominations. Then, we play 20 Questions with the internet's favorite genie, Akinator, along with some of our go...

Episode 90: T.T.G.I.H.O.A. Friday’s from 2020-03-04T03:08:04

This week, Justin shares some more brilliant creative works by listeners (including a Twitter bot generating Jellicle Cats) and a website that compiles some fantastic generators. Then, we play a...

Episode 89: Tujack Off a Horseman from 2020-02-26T00:01:25

This week, Allison brings two little hats: a new Twitter bot she made all by herself (mostly) and some Talk to Transformer fun that was shared with us. Then, we put a new twist on AI Dungeon in ...

Episode 88: Fund My Dads from 2020-02-18T11:24:21

This week, Justin talks about a brand new, bigger than ever language model on the scene. Then, we pitch some ideas for new podcasts we want for Bat Camp, whether you make them or we do.

Episode 87: I’m a Baby Boy!!! from 2020-02-11T15:13:57

This week, Allison shares some terrible GPT-2 jello-based recipes from Janelle Shane. Then, Justin brings a new twist to an old favorite - Markov Chain Madlibs.

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Episode 86: A Gift From Chocolate from 2020-02-05T00:17:01

This week is all about chatbots as Justin introduces us to Google's new transformer-driven chatbot, Meena. Then, as love is in the air this February, Justin and Allison chaperone some dates betw...

Episode 85: Carson Dollar Bell from 2020-01-30T01:41:09

This week, we get an update on a ProcJam 2019 entry and a hilarious Harry Potter piece from Botnik Studios. Then, we walk the red carpet to this year's Botscars and take a moment to honor this y...

Episode 84: Two Badass MoFlows from 2020-01-21T10:00:55

This week, Justin brings a handful of Zesty Tapas, including a fun new GAN app, a papal AI song, and a short film based on an AI Dungeon adventure. Then, we play some AI Dungeon ourselves and di...

Episode 83: Mr. Bultzy, The Smartest Crack Cat from 2020-01-14T10:00:15

This week, Allison brings another installment of Twitter Bot corner, showcasing two playfully delightful bots as well as two that share snippets of queer culture. Then, the Jellicle moon is shin...

Episode 82: Witchy Hick from 2020-01-07T10:26:13

We're back and we're together in the same room! Justin talks about some fun musical news from Botnik. Then, a new lesbian sister musical duo is born in the latest installment of Starmaker.

Episode 81: N.Y.P.D. Johnson from 2019-12-18T00:36:52

This week is all about AI Dungeon 2, a popular and extremely fun GPT-2 based RPG. It doubles as both Allison's Zesty Hat and Justin's Trashy Toy, as last week's darling boy Joshua Wilkinson play...

Episode 80: Joshua’s Gonna Cry from 2019-12-10T10:00:40

This week, Justin shares some of Janelle Shane's world famous AI Weirdness pies from the past few years. Then, we invite 9 of our closest randomly generated friends to a white elephant gift exch...

Episode 79: Being John Malkovich for Halloween from 2019-12-03T15:34:07

This week, Allison talks about another procedural generation challenge creators participated in throughout the month of November - NaNoGenMo, or National Novel Generation Month! Then, we see the...

Episode 78: Sam&Sam&Dean&Gene&Gene from 2019-11-27T02:31:07

It's our ProcJam 2019 episode! Justin highlights just three of his favorite entries to this year's ProcJam. Then, we use another entry that generates premises for sitcom episodes in conjunction ...

Episode 77: Snoopy Jeff from 2019-11-20T01:22:02

This week, Allison shares a Buzzfeed quiz for guessing the real from the GPT-2 by Botnik's Jamie Brew. Then, the guessing games continue as Justin brings back an old classic, Real, Net, Nik? Listen

Episode 76: Yer a Chultan, Chult from 2019-11-13T00:44:21

This week, Justin delivers some zesty tapas from the Creative AI Newsletter and Allison shares a new Twitter bot made by friend of the podcast, Joey Scully! Then, everyone cozies up around the f...

Episode 75: Razzland Pie from 2019-11-06T03:36:46

This week, Allison has some public service announcements for the computational creativity community. Then, the heat gets turned up in the first ever Great Botish Bakeoff. If I were you, I'd be w...

Episode 74: Lil Mama the Musical from 2019-10-29T09:35:23

This week, Justin talks about some of the most popular bots on Twitter and the article Botwiki creator Stefan Bohacek wrote about them. Then, Allison leaves an old friend in charge of running an...

Episode 73: The Movie!!!!!!! from 2019-10-22T10:00:13

Halloween time is in full swing and we're getting even more in the spirit with Janelle Shane's new neural network Halloween costumes! Then, we play a spooky-themed game of 20 Questions with Writ...

Episode 72: Mr. Kangaroo and the Monster Wife from 2019-10-15T10:00:57

This week, Justin shares a new transformer-based text tool, CTRL. Then, we play two intrepid cryptid hunters who meet some of the coolest, friendliest cryptids in Louisiana on their journey to f...

Episode 71: The Thickening of Rat Carpenter from 2019-10-08T10:00

This week, Allison shares a little bit more about AInktober, a challenge bringing visual artists and AI together this month! Then, Justin carries on his tradition of denying spooky season in fav...

Episode 70: Jennifer Hate Hewitt from 2019-10-01T10:00

Happy Halloween the First! We celebrate the beginning of the spooky season with a special paranormal love story submitted by our listener, Robert! Then, Allison skips out on the show and Justin ...

Episode 69: The Girl With the Huge Glasses from 2019-09-24T10:00:51

This week, Allison talks about a Twitter bot after our own hearts and a brilliant tool called Music Transformer. Then, Justin introduces our new friend, GPT-2, to our old friend, Botnik Jeopardy...

Episode 68: Always Be Performing from 2019-09-18T03:09:04

This week, our friend Kay returns to play a thrilling classic RPG with Justin, run by Allison and interactive Colab tool, GPT2 Adventure. But first, Justin shares a fun and easy to use tool that...

Episode 67: We Are All Earl from 2019-09-10T10:00:23

This week, Allison has a tiny hat that all about real hats, Janelle Shane's project HAT3000. The big hat this week is actually HAIM, a language model that seeks to guide generation by providing ...

Episode 66: The Chef’s Kiss from 2019-09-03T21:42:24

This week, Justin does a roundup on the recent conference hosted by his office, CUI! Then, we gather some of our favorite robot friends and cast them in a murder mystery filled with all kinds of...

Episode 65: Foot Art from 2019-08-27T10:00:09

This week, Allison talks about another Hat that could make a hat, some AI knitting produced by a lab at MIT. Then, we return to our favorite listener-submitted parlor game, Robots on Typewriters...

Episode 64: The“Don’t Lie”Law from 2019-08-20T13:09:25

This week, Justin brings us a new fake news-defecting AI who then joins us for our Trashy Toy. Grover detects whether some transformer-generated news stories are real are fake, but does he have ...

Episode 63: My Son, My Dad, and the Holy Ghost from 2019-08-13T17:35:32

This week, we enjoy some fun new procgen emojis from Emoji Mashup Bot and look into some art installments that use AI to respond and tell stories. Then, we get back in the writers room and gener...

Episode 62: Good Old Fashioned Turtle Boy from 2019-08-07T02:11:07

This week, Justin serves us some zesty sombreros tapas including Janelle Shane's forthcoming book, a Twitter bot that we could have used last week, and an update on a previous hat. Then, Allison...

Episode 61: Death Algebra from 2019-07-31T02:08:45

It's the summer episode, man! Allison and Justin are on vacation this week and all about good chilled out fun. First, they talk about a new Botnik video employing a new kind of...

Episode 60: Think About It, David (w/ Jonah Cooper) from 2019-07-24T04:09:08

This week, we are joined by a special guest, Jonah Cooper, from one of our favorite creative forces, Botnik! Jonah tells us about how he got involved with Botnik and talks about some of his favo...

Episode 59: Slappy Robinson from 2019-07-17T03:47:57

This week, we get cozy and talk about the collaboration between Janelle Shane and Ravelry, SkyKnit. Then, it's the second night of the Technocratic Debates and our new wave of candidates raise s...

Episode 58: Frog Shack, Baby from 2019-07-10T02:58:25

On this short, sweet, easy, breezy summer vacation episode, Justin shares some brilliant chair designs made collaboratively by two human creators and a GAN. Then, we make some favorite summer so...

Episode 57: A Swan Chewing Gum in a Church from 2019-07-03T02:46:06

This week, our friends at Overcast Gamer tested Talk to Transformer's ability to write Wikis for popular video games. Then, it's the first night of the Technocratic Debates and we ask a host of ...

Episode 56: Take a Barry from 2019-06-26T01:29:02

As June winds down, we celebrate Pride on the show this week by developing the newest gay supergroup the world didn't know it needed. But first, Justin shares an interesting bit of news about AI...

Episode 55: Chuck E. Cheese’s Monster from 2019-06-18T23:31:39

This week, we meet a sweet new chatbot that we loved so much we took him right into our Trashy Toy with us. The Dreamer, a game made for ProcJam 2014, accompanies us in our new RPG where the sto...

Episode 54: The Movie Theater Critic’s Brother from 2019-06-12T00:53:42

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 ...

Episode 53: Mozzarella Twink from 2019-06-05T23:03:29

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 th...

Episode 52: High Hall of Human Wretchedness from 2019-05-22T02:58:01

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 te...

Episode 51: Devil Gonna Devil from 2019-05-14T11:34:44

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 us...

Episode 50: You And Smokey from 2019-05-07T11:33:05

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...

Episode 49: Burgoo King (w/ Carter Barker) from 2019-04-30T22:16:35

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 ano...

Episode 48: Johnny Eggs from 2019-04-23T12:46:31

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 McDo...

Episode 47: Eldritch Furry from 2019-04-16T11:42:11

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 char...

Episode 46: Bone Solution B from 2019-04-09T16:54:24

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 ...

Episode 45: Kentucky Yummy Smoke from 2019-04-02T23:50:22

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 ...

Episode 44: The Devil Needs Dads from 2019-03-26T11:43:53

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 firs...

Episode 43: Kale Supremacy from 2019-03-19T11:27:58

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 the...

Episode 42: 20 Bi Teens from 2019-03-12T23:45:48

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 rand...

Episode 41: Single Rainbows from 2019-03-05T12:08:53

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 music...

Episode 40: Ida Marmalade from 2019-02-26T18:51:33

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. Listen

Episode 39: Ennui Songs from 2019-02-19T18:40:33

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...

Episode 38: A Chunky Rioja from 2019-02-12T17:21:08

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...

Episode 37: Huge&Square from 2019-02-06T01:36:45

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 ...

Episode 36: Freaky James from 2019-01-29T11:37:41

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 orchestra...

Episode 35: Father of the Blaine from 2019-01-22T15:14:28

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 wo...

Episode 34: Susan Sand Girl from 2019-01-15T18:59:29

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 O...

Episode 33: Twenty Mimeteen from 2019-01-08T16:05:48

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 comi...

Episode 32: Regression to the Meme from 2018-12-25T16:00:28

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 fav...

Episode 31: Do Some Ketamine from 2018-12-18T20:48:03

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 ...

Episode 30: Son of Toucan Sam from 2018-12-11T11:57:45

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 Jeo...

Episode 29: The House of the Stunner from 2018-12-05T00:05:34

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 ...

Episode 28: Circles and Oranges from 2018-11-27T15:07:08

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 g...

Episode 27: Pumpkin Rats from 2018-11-20T23:24:14

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...

Episode 26: Our NN or Your NN? w/ Janelle Shane from 2018-11-14T16:29:18

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...

Episode 25: Hey, It’s Me Jack from 2018-11-06T16:34:14

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...

Episode 24: Shortstop, Huge Ski from 2018-10-30T18:31:38

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... co...

Episode 23: This is Flag Day from 2018-10-23T17:44:42

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 w...

Episode 22: Michael Jackson Killed Dumbledore from 2018-10-16T15:27:45

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...

Episode 21: The Ol’Real-Nik Switch from 2018-10-09T14:52:32

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?...

Episode 20: The One Where George Constanza Does Step from 2018-10-02T15:47:13

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 Friend...

Episode 19: Jesse James Brown from 2018-09-25T21:41:20

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 P...

Episode 18: Secret Tree Killers from 2018-09-18T15:34:29

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...

Episode 17: Gender Fluid MLB Teams from 2018-09-11T16:46:25

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-fuele...

Episode 16: Eastern New Mexico University Science Tigers from 2018-09-04T22:16:03

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'...

Episode 15: Corpse McGee from 2018-08-28T14:17:04

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 goi...

Episode 14: Baby Toy from 2018-08-22T02:51:17

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 ...

Episode 13: Gunfegncoly Darkragaam from 2018-08-07T14:53:08

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 wit...

Episode 12: Mississippi Democrat, if You Know What I Memocrat from 2018-07-31T14:49:55

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...

Episode 11: Massage Cherapy from 2018-07-24T14:46:31

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...

Episode 10: The Royal Bawbee from 2018-07-17T14:40:48

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...

Episode 9: Dunk Marino from 2018-07-10T15:45:59

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...

Episode 8: Coffee, Chocolate, and Octopus from 2018-07-03T17:03:57

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...

Episode 7: Drunken Mommy’s Chicken Ciabatta (w/ Garrett Moore) from 2018-06-27T01:44:07

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...

Episode 6: WikiHow We Do It from 2018-06-19T16:58:24

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,...

Episode 5: Brainpower the Marxist Goblin from 2018-06-12T15:38:03

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 wri...

Episode 4: What’s the Deal with City Chicken? from 2018-06-05T20:20:51

Why is it called "city chicken" anyway? Allison introduces Justin to some fun tools that allow you to play drawing games with and against neural networks! Then, Justin hosts a game of Google Feud, ...

Episode 3: Beets and Cats from 2018-05-29T16:12:01

What's for dinner? You don't even want to know. Allison and Justin feature the work of one of their favorite sources of computer-generated comedy, Janelle Shane's blog AI Weirdness. They talk about...

Episode 2: Our Sweet Son, Wolfram Alpha from 2018-05-22T14:57:11

Allison shares some amusing Twitter bots she found, including a John Mulaney Bot and a think piece bot. Then, Justin uses image recognition applications to describe Playbill art and Allison tries t...

Episode 1: Relatively Automated Child from 2018-05-17T00:39:07

On this inaugural episode, Justin tells Allison about some brilliant new start-ups thought up by writers from Botnik.org. Then, Allison presents Justin with some particularly challenging moral quan...