Free-hand sketches are highly illustrative, and have been widely used by humans to depict
objects or stories from ancient times to the present. The recent prevalence of touchscreen …

We present the first competitive drawing agent Pixelor that exhibits humanlevel performance
at a Pictionary-like sketching game, where the participant whose sketch is recognized first is …

Automatic data abstraction is an important capability for both benchmarking machine
intelligence and supporting summarization applications. In the former one asks whether a …

For the past few decades, machines have replaced humans in several disciplines. However,
machine cognition still lags behind the human capabilities. We address the machines' ability …

Sketching is more fundamental to human cognition than speech. Deep Neural Networks
(DNNs) have achieved the state-of-the-art in speech-related tasks but have not made …

Communicating with humans is challenging for AIs because it requires a shared
understanding of the world, complex semantics (eg, metaphors or analogies), and at times …

The ability of intelligent agents to play games in human-like fashion is popularly considered
a benchmark of progress in Artificial Intelligence. In our work, we introduce the first …

Sketches have been employed since the ancient era of cave paintings for simple illustrations
to represent real-world entities and communication. The abstract nature and varied artistic …

Non-representational art–such as works by Wassily Kandinsky, Joan Mitchell, Willem de
Kooning, etc.–showcases diverse artistic expressions and challenges viewers with its …

The discussion about what can Artificial Intelligence (AI) contribute to games has been
running for a long time, however, recent advances in AI show promise of providing new kind …