Computer Vision, School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London London, UK.
Front Psychol. 2014 Nov 17;5:1283. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01283. eCollection 2014.
A human magician blends science, psychology, and performance to create a magical effect. In this paper we explore what can be achieved when that human intelligence is replaced or assisted by machine intelligence. Magical effects are all in some form based on hidden mathematical, scientific, or psychological principles; often the parameters controlling these underpinning techniques are hard for a magician to blend to maximize the magical effect required. The complexity is often caused by interacting and often conflicting physical and psychological constraints that need to be optimally balanced. Normally this tuning is done by trial and error, combined with human intuitions. Here we focus on applying Artificial Intelligence methods to the creation and optimization of magic tricks exploiting mathematical principles. We use experimentally derived data about particular perceptual and cognitive features, combined with a model of the underlying mathematical process to provide a psychologically valid metric to allow optimization of magical impact. In the paper we introduce our optimization methodology and describe how it can be flexibly applied to a range of different types of mathematics based tricks. We also provide two case studies as exemplars of the methodology at work: a magical jigsaw, and a mind reading card trick effect. We evaluate each trick created through testing in laboratory and public performances, and further demonstrate the real world efficacy of our approach for professional performers through sales of the tricks in a reputable magic shop in London.
一位人类魔术师融合了科学、心理学和表演技巧，创造出了魔术效果。在本文中，我们探讨了当人类智能被机器智能取代或辅助时，可以实现哪些效果。魔术效果都以某种形式基于隐藏的数学、科学或心理学原理；通常，控制这些基础技术的参数很难让魔术师融合以最大化所需的魔术效果。复杂性通常是由需要优化平衡的相互作用和经常冲突的物理和心理限制引起的。通常，这种调整是通过反复试验，结合人类的直觉来完成的。在这里，我们专注于应用人工智能方法来创建和优化利用数学原理的魔术技巧。我们使用关于特定感知和认知特征的实验衍生数据，结合底层数学过程的模型，提供了一个心理上有效的指标，允许优化魔术效果。在本文中，我们介绍了我们的优化方法，并描述了它如何灵活地应用于一系列不同类型的基于数学的魔术技巧。我们还提供了两个案例研究作为该方法的工作示例：一个魔术拼图，和一个读心术纸牌魔术效果。我们通过在实验室和公开表演中的测试来评估每个创建的魔术技巧，并通过在伦敦一家著名魔术店销售这些魔术技巧，进一步展示了我们的方法对专业魔术师的实际效果。
