Nine outrageous things AI can already do — including compose music and make you dance

Artificial intelligence programs have defeated the world’s top chess players, and they can match humans when it comes to art, science and even companionship

Back in the ‘70s, renowned mathematician James Lighthill predicted that machines would never be capable of reasoning or even simple tasks, like being able to checkmate a chess pro. Fifty years later, artificial intelligence programs have not only defeated the world’s top chess players, but they can match — and in some cases, outperform — humans when it comes to art, science and even companionship. Here’s a look at nine outrageous things AI can do.

Since it comes with built-in memory, its makers say it can develop meaningful relationships with its user over time — and it could be all yours for a cool $20,000.Using just a single full-body photograph, researchers at Nvidia, a California-based gaming company, can turn anyone into a backup dancer from one of Beyonce’s music videos. Their software learns mapping functions from pre-recorded videos and applies those movements to photographs.

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