Neural networks are a type of machine learning program that learns from examples
they’re given, rather than relying on a human programmer to invent rules.
In an earlier experiment
[http://lewisandquark.tumblr.com/post/159363915392/new-dd-magic-spells-designed-by-neural-network]
, I trained a neural network to write new names for Dungeons and Dragons
![A neural network learns to create better D&D spells](/content/images/size/w795/image/fetch/w_1200-c_limit-f_jpg-q_auto:good-fl_progressive:steep/https-3A-2F-2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-2Fpublic-2Fimages-2Fa2c7c912-2468-4adf-b37c-57d1339a2153_489x489.png)