What Is Google "Quick, Draw!"? This Game About Machine Learning Is Both Hilarious & Helpful

Want to put all those years of scribbling in the corners of your school notebooks to good use? You might not think that doodling could be part of an A.I. experiment, but with the new site from Google, Quick, Draw!, you're scribbles are key to machine learning. What is Google Quick, Draw!, exactly? If you have ever wanted to play Pictionary with a computer, now is your chance! The new game, which launched in mid-November, prompts players to speedily draw six different objects while an algorithm attempts to guess what it is that they are drawing.