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How would you build a social site to generate logos for abstract concepts?
2 points by amichail on Aug 19, 2007 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment
One possibility is to build something like http://espgame.org but with randomly generated abstract logos shown to players. You could then see what sorts of words are associated with these abstract logos.

Another possibility is to have players sketch logos for abstract concepts and score them based on how in tune those sketches are with those from other players.



You could use genetic algorithms as well for the designs. If you are looking for a logo for some concept X, you could try picking designs from a population with higher probability for mutation/crossover whenever they have a stronger association with concept X (where this association is determined from player input).




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