191! AI Art and Hamsterstanistan

Is AI Art art, and should we be scared of it?

This week, Joey, Jess, and Alex talk about AI art generators, DALL·E 2, Midjourney, creativity and craft, the proliferation of beautiful things, and homogeneity. They don’t talk about Allen Iverson ... or practice. (Not a game! Practice!).

references

• DALL·E 2
• Progress Report: Jess on the difference "hand taste" makes
• How to Create Synthetic AI Art With Midjourney
• Revisiting Episode 134! The Story of Us and Fringe Theory
• Twitter: @talyarkoni on AI art's evolution beyond "promising novelty"
• Twitter: @SocDoneLeft on AI art winning an art competition
• BBC: Go master quits because AI 'cannot be defeated'
• Deep Blue versus Garry Kasparov
• Twitter: (WARNING: creepy photos!) @supercomposite on Loab and horror AI art
• Twitter: @fabianstelzer on AI applied to film
• Twitter: @Anodesu on AI "artists"
• American Scientist: Enter the Axion