Karl Sigler (he/him)I, for one, welcome our #AI overlords. Infinite Odyssey is a monthly SciFi magazine filled with art, fiction, and comics, all made by AI
Colorblind Cowboy@ksigler @JPK_elmediat So, stolen content? And it’s made by AI or with AI? Far as I know it hasn’t become sentient.
Of Bookish Things@colorblindcowboy @ksigler Curious to know what they mean by #AIAssistants. The #Artwork is not unique, obviously based on the style and content of actual artists.
They are charging for the #magazine, but artists can share their #AIArt for free.
Perhaps, an AI will purchase a subscription, and provide a review in the style of #TristanTzara and #KarlMarx? #Dadaism
@JPK_elmediat @ksigler That would mean the AI could think and use a credit card…
I don’t know. I don’t like to bash anyone’s creative efforts, but AI is not our friend. It’s an industry making money for big tech off the hard work of artists — and doing so with a ton of bias.
@colorblindcowboy @ksigler Quite true, I was taking it to the absurdist point. I wonder how many people would buy the magazine for anything but novelty/curiosity value.
I will wait for a reviewer/researcher to give their analysis.
They only showed some digital art, they didn't provide any reading samples to entice readers, or give a curious reader some sense of the content & quality of the writing.
I will wait for a reviewer/researcher to give their analysis.
They only showed some digital art, they didn't provide any reading samples to entice readers, or give a curious reader some sense of the content & quality of the writing.
@JPK_elmediat @ksigler For sure. In the beginning I argued for AI as a natural extension of mechanics in art from Hugo Ball to Andy Warhol, but then I started to see all the issues and made a quick jump to being John Henry, dying with a hammer in my hand.
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😂 I had forgotten I had even posted this! It's a bit of a novelty, for sure. They are creating the magazine through specific AI prompts. I bought two issues and enjoyed it but not enough to buy another. Lots of eye candy but not a lot of substance.
I was looking at it more in the vein of Kathy Acker's fiction or Burroughs cut-ups or, indeed, Tzara.
I'm still not sure what I think about AI in general, let alone the implications for art as a commodity.
@ksigler @JPK_elmediat It’s interesting to think in light of cut-ups, though with those there is no attempt to create a simulation. It’s the very nature of chance that makes it delightful. It creates disharmony. AI does the opposite.
In my few attempts to use it (and the demos I’ve been given), the results have been so poor I would spend more time correcting and instructing it than I do writing something fresh.
@colorblindcowboy @JPK_elmediat Following up on our conversation with a laugh
@colorblindcowboy @ksigler Have you seen the AI Beer commercial? Surrealism and Dadaist commentary beautifully rendered by unaware AI mimicry. 😂
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RE: "It’s an industry making money for big tech off the hard work of artists — and doing so with a ton of bias."
true on all points, we need guardrails around these companies and somehow address the financial damages done to artists whose hard work was used for free to train these engines.
Also, we need more support for human artists (and humans in general) (oh, and support UBI!)