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Re-write for sketch

In the enigmatic fourth dimension, alien observers, named Quad-Lums, short for Quadra Luminaries, keenly focus on Earth’s intricacies. To them, humans are pieces in a cosmic puzzle, dissected and analysed.  The Quad-Lums place calculated bets on human actions, from grand conflicts to personal choices. These bets determine their status and power.

However a glitch in the system causes chaos and confusion amongst the Quad-Lums. This disaster not only affects the fourth dimension, but it also affects surrounding planets, including earth.

Reflection 

The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Algorithm

My chosen artwork is ‘Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Algorithm’ 

This is a really interesting artwork made with AI showing a dataset of about 60,000 images of human surgical dissections, and letting a machine create its own imaginations of it. I chose this one because it is the human form mixed with AI and some people would think these are competing topics however I loved to see the ways in which AI digested the human body. 

My group this week decided to play on this idea of a 4th dimensional world where aliens look at humans the way we humans look at ‘inferior’ species. I think my group worked really well to explore crazy ideas. We all pumped thousands of prompts into the generator and were able to get enough footage to piece together a short. We did however run out of time to make the short all together so next time I think we will just need to cut down our practice time slightly. 

I enjoyed this week’s reading discussing the concept of “hyperproduction,” this idea around increasing the use of deep generative models in various industries and cultural contexts. I had previously thought about virtual influences and the impacts that may come along with these types of things so reading about Lil Miquela, and these sim2real and real2sim ideas made for a better understanding. A quote that stood out to me was “The penetration of cultural life with deep generative models is neither a temporary nor a coincidental phenomenon. We witness a transformation of the nature of platformized cultural production.” this quote roots back into the discussion we were having earlier on in class and it was interesting to revisit this idea later on in the term where my opinions have shifted more and I have a much wider understanding of AI.

Reference list

Chu M (2022) 17 Best AI Art Pieces: Mind-Blowing Artwork & Artists, hanginginvestments.com, https://hanginginvestments.com/best-ai-art/#google_vignette, accessed 1 September 2023.

drone.tv (n.d.) The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Algorithm | harshit, https://harshitagrawal.com/works/the-anatomy-lesson-of-dr-algorithm, accessed 1 September 2023.

Ferrari F and McKelvey F (2022) ‘Hyperproduction: a social theory of deep generative models’, Distinktion: Journal of Social Theory1–23, doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/1600910x.2022.2137546.