Ross Goodwin

Ross Goodwin is a data poet, artist, creative technologist, hacker, gonzo data scientist and former White House ghostwriter. Goodwin employs machine learning, natural language processing and generation, physical computing and other technologies to develop new forms and interfaces for writing.

Goodwin’s projects and collaborations have gained international recognition, from word.camera—a camera that expressively narrates its photographs in real time using artificial neural networks (web app and installations, 2015–present)—to SUNSPRING, the world’s first film created from an AI-written screenplay (2016 short film, directed by Oscar Sharp and starring Thomas Middleditch). His work includes making London’s Trafalgar Square lions roar poetry in Please Feed the Lions (2018, with Es Devlin), writing a novel with a car in 1 the Road (2017–2018) and co-creating lyrics for Chain Tripping, the Grammy-nominated 2020 album by YACHT.