Artificial Intelligence and Media
Artificial intelligence or AI (Artificial Intelligence) is a human learning ability, reasoning ability, perception ability, and other artificially implemented computer program or computer systems, includingIt is also an infrastructure technology.
Also, this term Methodology for creating intelligenceor A scientific field that studies feasibility, etc.It also refers to , and appears as a central topic in many media.
A novel by Arthur C. Clarke, a world-renowned British science fiction novelist and futurist. <2001 Space Odyssey>was later produced as a science fiction film in 1968, and both works are considered masterpieces. Therefore, it is also a media that must be mentioned when discussing the science fiction genre.
The conflict between the crew, represented by humans, and HAL 9000, represented by artificial intelligence, is a famous subject and theme that is still used today. Since then, this work has had a huge influence on later creations, and is still reproduced to this day.
In this way, artificial intelligence expressed in many media is a human's understanding of science and technology. A device that contains expectations but also hints at an uncertain future.It is also And there is conflict with humans, or humans have A test of willIt is revealed as.
The most truly terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent, but if we can come to terms with this indifference, then our existence as a species can have meaning. However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.
The scariest thing about the universe is that it is not hostile but indifferent. But if we accept this indifference, our existence as a species can have real meaning. No matter how vast the darkness, we must provide our own light.
American film director, Stanley Kubrick
So how does media art view artificial intelligence? There are various opinions from writers on this. Today, I would like to talk about artificial intelligence and media art, and briefly introduce two artists.
Mario Klingemann
Mario Klingemann is a German artist famous for his artwork related to neural networks, codes, and algorithms, and is known as a pioneer in art using machine learning and artificial intelligence. In addition, creativity, culture, and perception are examined through various technologies, and the works are exhibited in various places, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
He is both a curious artist and a skeptic. The author taught himself programming in the early 1980s, and since then moving autonomously Computers began to be used to demonstrate creative behavior.
To explain the common denominator of his works, what system Understand the inner workingsAnd about that raise a questionSometimes, To overthrow What you do is what you make the subject of your work.
He was also confident that in the near future, machine artists would be able to create 'more interesting works' than humans. In his opinion, this also applies to aesthetics and beauty. But not all beauty and aesthetics lead to interest. This is because I think that the beauty created by artificial intelligence itself can become very boring.
As mentioned earlier, he is also a skeptic, but he believes that technology and artificial intelligence can advance the arts. We can say that technology is the natural enemy of tradition, but if we look at this in history: Catalyst rather than destroyer You can see that it plays more of a role.
For example, the development of photography technology did not kill paintings, and TV media could not completely replace books. We believe that changes in technology give people new opportunities. And it is said that machines cannot completely replicate works of art created by human hands or the human mind.
The artist's work Memories of Passersby I is a pioneering work created with artificial intelligence, using a completely autonomous and complex neural network system to create ever-changing portraits. The unsettling vision of male and female faces created by machines seems to raise questions about the relationship between machines and humans.
Unlike previous generative art installations, this work includes There is no separate database, The artificial intelligence brain developed and trained by the artist creates new portraits in real time, pixel by pixel. Therefore, the image is not a random output of an existing image, but a picture generated by unique artificial intelligence.
The artist's aesthetic preferences were learned using an artificial intelligence trained on thousands of portraits from the 17th to the 19th century and selection applications such as Tinder. In this way, artificial intelligence creates a new portrait through the ‘memory’ of the components.
As a result, the work presents a strange interpretation of the human face. The audience can be shown as the artificial intelligence struggles to create a new portrait, melting into an abstract arrangement. This is an opportunity to see artificial intelligence 'think' in real time and to see a unique form of portraiture that is not recorded or repeated.
Sougwen Chung
Sujian Cheng is a Chinese-born Canadian artist living in New York. The author's work aims to understand the encounter between computers and humans. Machine-made mark-by-hand, i.e. Exploring what the machine's hand expresses.
Her art is about challenging the imagination through simple yet dramatic forms. The artist's art speaks of movement and change, reflecting images of nature even in a truly modern setting.
Her father was an opera singer, so the author grew up playing the violin and piano. He moved to the United States as a teenager, earned a degree from Indiana University, and then a master's degree in interactive art from Hyper Island, Sweden.
Understanding the relationship between people and machines in the technology we use is the theme of the work the author is trying to convey. What role will machine automation leave for humans? It explores a somewhat philosophical topic, seeking answers to questions about the boundary between humans and machines.
And the conclusion she reached was that it made her think more deeply about the differences between humans and machines, but that coexistence is necessary. And what humans and machines have incompleteThis tells us what kind of being we are, and that imperfection causes mistakecan make art more interesting.
Dialogue with artificial intelligence, that is, in the world of Sujian Cheong's work, dystopian, utopian, and sometimes controversial issues arise. When people discuss artificial intelligence, some people imagine a positive future, but others tend to feel excessive resistance or imagine a threat to machines.
Each time, the author personifies the relationship with the robot using human abilities and tries to express whether it can serve as a mirror for the interaction between oneself and others. And he speaks, raising questions about the relationship between humans and machines. Who controls whom? I think this is a problem that can also be considered in relationships between people.
concluding remarks
A Space Odyssey 2001's most dramatic scene is a brief scene in which a bone thrown into the air by a prehistoric monkey is transformed into a spaceship cruising in space. It can be seen as an excellent depiction of human nature, that is, human desires that transcend historical times.
Likewise, human desires can also be applied to art. Because everyone wants to express their thoughts. And when it is combined with artificial intelligence, represented by technology, and at the same time considering the imperfections of humans and machines, we can encounter unfamiliar, yet new and interesting works of art.
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