Building an Instrument Designed by AI

Some AIs are actually pretty good at creating surreal art or even very specific kinds of realistic art, like portraits. Surreal art works because it doesn’t need to make sense. Portraits work because human faces are all quite similar. But AIs struggle to produce original designs for physical objects that make sense geometrically. You can try this yourself by asking an AI to create any old appliance around your home. At first glance, it will look a bit like a real thing. But the longer you look, the more you notice Escher-esque details that couldn’t exist in reality. That’s why Bruton had a big challenge ahead of him when he decided to take on this project.