AI creates sound effects for silent videos that fool humans

[dlevere]

Researchers from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) trained a neural network to recognize materials (e.g., metal grate, plants, concrete sidewalk) being hit with a drumstick, and synthesize sounds to accompany the actions. It did well enough to fool humans into thinking the sounds were real.

http://techxplore.com/news/2016-06-a...ic-humans.html
http://arxiv.org/abs/1512.08512
http://boingboing.net/2016/06/13/art...ce-create.html