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AI wins fine arts competition

November 27, 2002, by Kristina

Originally, the idea for this section was to share some published news on AI and nonprofits and highlights some AI trends. This might still happen. But at this time I thought I would turn this section into a Blog where some of my personal views can be expressed and offered for further discussion with my colleagues and anyone interested in AI for charities.

I was amused and entertained as I read the following announcement: Jason Allen’s A.I.-generated work, “Théâtre D’opéra Spatial,” took first place in the digital category at the Colorado State Fair earlier this year. This AI-generated picture one the competition and prompted a lot of discussion and argument in the art community and beyond. The artwork was created by Midjourney, an AI program that turns lines of text into very realistic graphics. It took Jason many experiments with keywords before Ai delivered on his request.

The artwork does look stunning. Sopme comments supported the tech-artist by saying this is no different than using Photoshop for digital arts.Some argue it is not fair and destroy fine art as a form.AI learns from millions and millions of pieces of artwork by different artists in different styles. This way of how AI operates is what makes it tricky. Is it plagiarizing in some way? Likely not. The theme for the paining and the expressive output are a work of art. Artificially intelligent art.

In my own experiment with DALL-E 2 I was amazed by the speed and precision in the work of AI and the quality of response. Even a year ago DALL-E, an earlier version, had a lot to learn from itself and its own work. It gets better overtime. It gets more and more powerful. It offers great oportuities. We just need to learn to harness them in a beneficial way so we can guide it to work for social good.