The GPU Technical Conference in Munich is an annual showcase of the best advancements in computer technology, but it seems like it's no place for cars. That is, until autonomous concept cars became the main attraction this year according to NVIDIA, a gaming technology company and now a competitive force in the realm of artificial intelligence. Those who set foot in the International Conference Center this week were greeted with a fleet of autonomous concept vehicles powered by NVIDIA's Artificial Intelligence systems. The theme for this event was the future of mobility, displaying a diverse range of concepts that covered everything from race cars to taxis.

Cambridge Consultants showed off an deep-learning driven application this week at GTC Europe in Munich that lets you pick up a stylus and sketch out a few lines, and watch, in real time, as the application turns your squiggles into art in one of seven styles resembling everything from moody J.M.W Turner oil paintings to neon-hued pop art. It's a demo that stunned the more than 3,000 attendees during NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang's keynote speech Tuesday at the show. Huang even climbed down from the stage to pick up a stylus and sketch a stylized NVIDIA logo and a profile of a man -- which the application transformed into a Picasso-esque painting as he worked -- grinning as the audience applauded. The story behind the story: a finely tuned generative adversarial network that sampled 8,000 great works of art -- a tiny sample size in the data-intensive world of deep learning -- and in just 14 hours of training on an NVIDIA DGX system created an application that takes human input and turns it into something stunning. Building on thousands of hours of research undertaken by Cambridge Consultants' AI research lab, the Digital Greenhouse, a team of five built the Vincent demo in just two months.

Attendees at GTC Europe did just that, as the doors of the International Conference Center opened on Tuesday to an array of AI vehicles. From autonomous racecars to unmanned shuttles, they represent many new types of transportation. The Roborace Robocar is a fan favorite. Decked out in custom NVIDIA livery, the autonomous race car pays homage to the NVIDIA DRIVE PX brain inside. The race car features four electric motors and 15 sensors, and can reach speeds up to 300 kmh (186 mph).