As far as AI can see

Oct 3, 2022Philosophy/Ethics, Robots and Robotics, Tech0 comments

Again and again it is prophesied that real painting will celebrate a comeback – but the celebration is postponed from year to year – but the celebration is postponed from year to year

Kishon 1986

Manuel and Sam are talking about the following article:
He used AI to win a fine-arts competition. Was it cheating?

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Manuel

Hi, Sam! Have you seen that amazing new AI art?

Today 15:48  

Sam

Hi Manuel! Yes I did!  😊                                                                           

Today 15:50  

Manuel

Can I ask you a couple of questions about that, as an AI expert? 😉

Today 15:51  

Sam

Of course!                                                                                                   

Today 15:52  

Manuel

So how big of a breakthrough is this really?

Today 15:53 

Sam

That depends on your views about AI …                                             

Today 15:55  

Manuel

OK, can you elaborate on that?

Today 15:58  

Manuel

🤯🤯🤯

Today 15:58  

Sam

Well, the images the AI can generate are amazing                              

Today 16:02  

Sam

It just takes a very simple input and generates quite complex images, take a look at this example                                            

Today 16:02  

Sam

                                 

Today 16:03  

Manuel

I tried it myself and it is incredible! 😱😱😱😱😱

Today 16:01  

Sam

IIndeed, but I think I need to explain a bit more …                              

Today 16:05  

Manuel

Good, that’s why I am here, after all 😊

Today 16:06  

Sam

It can work pretty quickly with simple input, because it was first trained on a gigantic library of images                        

Today 16:07  

Manuel

OK, like any artificial neural network, right?

Today 16:08  

Sam

Yes, first you feed it lots of images, tag all the subjects in them, and then you let the AI play around

Today 16:10  

Manuel

Still amazing, no? 😅

Today 16:11  

Sam

Up to a point, in some respects this is still dumb as rocks               

Today 16:12  

Manuel

What do you mean? 😅😅

Today 16:12  

Sam

Go to any of the new AI image generators and try something like “chess” or “traffic jam” …

Today 16:13  

Manuel

I’ll do that, and be right back!  🤩

Today 16:13  

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