Often the best programmers of Artificial Intelligence need a new concept to work on, something which will challenge them, make them think, and hopefully once completed lead them to a place of better financial position. The other day, I was discussing with an acquaintance his hobby of sketching. Interestingly enough, I have sketched for years off and on. But his sketches were really good, I mean the kind you might frame and put into your living room quality.
Later I thought; what if a computer could do that too? And why not, computers are just as good as humans at many things, some much better. Of course, the creativity of a human is most impressive. Well, I asked him; "Can you design a program which takes pictures and makes them into sketches?"
Consider if you will a $19.99 software package, buy it online, or have Adobe Photoshop buy the program and concept to add in to their product once the software was complete. What would that be worth to them? I bet a lot, as in how about a half million dollars? Think about how great this could be for folks who write eBooks, do blogs, etc. - it's definitely needed.
What if the software would allow the user to add things in, then they could take a photo of running bulls and one of the streets of New York and put the bulls on Wall Street, or outside the White House put a sketch of elephants from a clip art picture for instance. Why should someone develop this software you ask? Well, not everyone can draw, but soon everyone will be toting a digital camera on both sides of their smart phone!
Not only that, but it would be great for advertising and marketing, or companies which do publicity, public relations, or offer branding services. With all the folks doing eBooks these days, boy it sure makes sense. And it may not be as difficult as we think to produce such a software add-on package.
In the future, there will be more folks telling stories with visuals and multimedia, rather than with literature and writing, that's the direction we are headed. So, whereas, I am sure English Teachers don't like this future, there is no way to stop it. This new software will be just one more tool to help those who want to tell stories with fewer words and more pictures, not to mention augmenting their blogs with cool graphics, sketches, and drawings.
Whereas the FotoSketcher's Program is one decent attempt at this, I bet we can take it a step further with AI and go from video to sketches, TV to sketches, screenshots to sketches, and even 3D to sketches. Anyway, indeed, I hope you will please consider all this.
Lance Winslow is the Founder of the Online Think Tank, a diverse group of achievers, experts, innovators, entrepreneurs, thinkers, futurists, academics, dreamers, leaders, and general all around brilliant minds. Lance Winslow hopes you've enjoyed today's discussion and topic.
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