<s>
Iconary	B-Application
is	O
an	O
AI-driven	O
,	O
Pictionary-style	O
online	O
game	O
developed	O
at	O
the	O
Allen	O
Institute	O
for	O
Artificial	B-Application
Intelligence	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Publicly	O
released	O
in	O
February	O
2019	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
encourage	O
collaborative	O
communication	O
between	O
a	O
human	O
player	O
and	O
the	O
AI	B-Application
player	O
AllenAI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Iconary	B-Application
is	O
the	O
first	O
demonstration	O
of	O
an	O
AI	B-Application
system	O
capable	O
of	O
playing	O
a	O
Pictionary-like	O
game	O
with	O
a	O
human	O
partner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Researchers	O
at	O
the	O
institute	O
intended	O
Iconary	B-Application
to	O
highlight	O
the	O
potential	O
of	O
collaborative	O
communication	O
with	O
an	O
AI	B-Application
agent	O
in	O
a	O
game	O
setting	O
,	O
as	O
contrasted	O
with	O
other	O
highly	O
publicized	O
AI-backed	O
games	O
that	O
place	O
humans	O
in	O
adversarial	O
roles	O
against	O
an	O
AI	B-Application
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pictionary	B-Device
creator	O
Robert	O
Angel	O
noted	O
of	O
Iconary	B-Application
"	O
it	O
’s	O
not	O
me	O
against	O
you	O
,	O
it	O
’s	O
us	O
as	O
a	O
team	O
against	O
another	O
team	O
”	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
AllenAI	O
system	O
behind	O
Iconary	B-Application
can	O
compose	O
scenes	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
given	O
phrase	O
for	O
the	O
human	O
player	O
to	O
guess	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
attempt	O
to	O
guess	O
a	O
phrase	O
depicted	O
by	O
the	O
human	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
AllenAI	O
system	O
combines	O
elements	O
of	O
computer	B-Application
vision	I-Application
,	O
natural	B-General_Concept
language	I-General_Concept
understanding	I-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
commonsense	O
reasoning	O
to	O
compose	O
scenes	O
or	O
to	O
make	O
guesses	O
about	O
a	O
scene	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
phrases	O
used	O
in	O
Iconary	B-Application
describe	O
complex	O
scenes	O
or	O
activities	O
,	O
e.g.	O
,	O
“	O
people	O
jogging	O
in	O
the	O
park	O
”	O
or	O
“	O
engineer	O
riding	O
a	O
train	O
”	O
.	O
</s>
