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# Watch this talented robot do abstract sketches of your favorite movies
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/talented-robot-does-abstract-sketches-your-favorite-movies/
- Published: 2014-01-09T21:05:16.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T16:23:17.000Z
- Description: When I watch Annie Hall, I see Woody Allen getting testy with a dilettante who doesn’t like Fellini. But when a computer watches Annie Hall, it sees a series of triangles drawn repetitively on a white sheet of paper. This is just one difference between man and robots. That’s what I took away from vi
- Author: Jason Johnson
- Tags: News, Art, artificial intelligence, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

When I watch *Annie Hall*, I see Woody Allen getting testy with a dilettante who doesn’t like Fellini. But when a computer watches *Annie Hall*, it sees a series of triangles drawn repetitively on a white sheet of paper. This is just one difference between man and robots.

That’s what I took away from viewing [Computers Watching Movies](http://bengrosser.com/projects/computers-watching-movies/?ref=killscreen.com), a multimedia project from the artist Benjamin Grosser, who specializes in using computational systems to create abstract art. We’ve talked about him [before](http://killscreendaily.com/articles/news/pause-pixel-most-fundamental-way-view-reality-one-artist-explores-possibility/?ref=killscreen.com). Previously Grosser has constructed robots that paint murals. His latest machine not only translates Woody Allen’s nasal-y voice into artwork, but has also done sketches of *Taxi Driver, The Matrix*, and, a personal favorite, *Inception*. Apparently, the computer liked it to, as it’s where the striking sketch up top came from.

If you’d like to see a computer watching a movie (and who wouldn’t?), the creation be exhibited as part of COLLISION20 at the Boston Cyberarts Gallery this month. Popcorn won’t be served, I’m doubting.