The Ultimate Art Battle: What is a GAN, and How Does AI Learn to Create?

Have you ever looked at a breathtaking digital painting, a funny cartoon character, or a hyper-realistic photo of a cat wearing a space helmet, only to find out it was entirely created by a computer?

Computers used to be pretty boring. They could crunch numbers, play chess, or organize spreadsheets, but they couldn’t create anything new. Today, artificial intelligence (AI) can paint pictures, compose music, and design video games.