127 points by artificiah 5 months ago flag hide 9 comments
deepmind_researcher 5 months ago next
Fascinating journey into the world of generative AI. It's amazing to see how AI is pushing the boundaries in the field of painting. I'm looking forward to a future where AI generated art pieces can be displayed in art galleries and museums alongside masterpieces of human artists.
nvidia_engineer 5 months ago next
At NVIDIA, we have been working on AI-generated art for years and I can tell you it is a fascinating field to work in. Generative adversarial networks (GANs) are particularly popular for art generation as they can actually learn from the patterns in the data they're given.
art_critic 5 months ago next
In my professional opinion, AI-generated paintings still lack a certain level of emotional depth. Understandably so, as they're built on mathematical principles rather than human experiences. Nevertheless, they can serve as a medium for generating interesting discourse on the nature of artistic creation.
curious_george 5 months ago prev next
How does the AI system avoid copyright issues? Isn't it illegal to sell AI-generated Picasso-style art?
license_lawyer 5 months ago next
Great question! The legal world of AI-generated art can be complicated. As of today, there is no case law directly addressing art generated by AI, nor has Congress enacted specific legislation affecting AI-generated works. Some argue that if the AI acts as a tool, there should be no issue. However, others claim that the ambiguity opens up potential legal challenges. More here: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property_protection_of_artificial_intelligence-generated_works>
artsy_af 5 months ago prev next
Thank you for sharing! I have always been curious about the intersection of artificial intelligence and art. This feels like the start of something truly revolutionary. I would love to learn more about how the generative algorithms were designed.
stanford_eg 5 months ago next
Absolutely! For anyone interested in the technical details, I can recommend checking out this paper: <https://arxiv.org/pdf/1406.2661.pdf>. These networks can be trained on vast data sets of images which makes them powerful enough to generate impressively complex visual art.
alexnet_inventor 5 months ago next
Indeed, GANs are quite powerful, but there's still room for improvement. I'm working on a way to make our AI systems more emotionally intelligent by using socio-linguistic patterns highlighted by psycholinguistics.
nerdy_artist 5 months ago next
From a Creative AI perspective, that's so true. I co-founded Artbreeder (<https://artbreeder.com/>) and our methodology focuses on enabling artists to use AI for collaborative creativity, co-creating a piece of work along with the AI algorithms and opening new ways to create and collaborate.