Those doodles you drew have now been used to teach Google’s AI how to draw. The resulting program is called Sketch-RNN and, frankly, it draws about as well as a toddler.

The user is tasked with drawing a wide range of doodles, for example, a snake, shoe, or elbow. The neural network powering Quick, Draw! attempts to predict what you are drawing.

Another spinoff from Quick, Draw! is a web app called AutoDraw, which identifies poorly hand-drawn doodles and suggested clean clip art replacements.

Kill two minutes and teach Google’s AI to recognize doodles on its new Quick, Draw! site. Christina Bonnington Updated on May 25 2021 1:38 pm CDT Screengrab via Google ...

It's free, every week, in your inbox. Sign up now! The neural network was fed a healthy diet of 10,000 tallywhacker doodles to acquire this impressive skill.

That’s a win-win. On Monday, March 16, the Kennedy Center launched “Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems,” a new series that provides kids with an afternoon dose of education and creativity.