The First AI-Generated Paint Names Include 'Homestar Brown' and 'Stanky Bean'

Humans aren't nearly as creative as we think. Craft brewers, for example, have run out of fun names and are sending each other cease and desist letters for coming up with the same ideas. So, what if we let computers come up with new names for us? That's the problem optics industry research scientist Janelle Shane has been trying to solve using neural networks, but with paint colors. The initial results are downright ridiculous.