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wachi-delectrico · 1 year
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Tbh i don't know what to think of AI art anymore. I don't find any utility, personally, in centring the discussion on law and copyright; there are far more interesting things to discuss on the topic beyond its use as a replacement for human artists/workforce by the upper class
#rambling#i am not saying i think using AI image generation to replace human artists and leave them jobless is a good thing - i do think that is bad#there are real concern on the ethics of its use and creation of image generation models#but i think focusing only on things like how ''off'' or ''inhuman'' it looks or how ''soulless'' it is are not only surface level complaint#but also call to question again the age old debate of what is art and what isn't and why some art is and why some isn't#and also the regard of painting and other forms of visual art production as somehow above photography in the general conscience#i would love to really talk about these things with people but talking about ai art and image generation is a gamble between talking to#an insufferable techbro who only sees profits and an artist who shuts the whole idea off without nuisance#i have seen wonderful projects by human artists using ai image generation software in creative ways for example#are those projects not art? if they are are they only art because they were made by someone already regarded as an artist?#there are also cool ai-generated images by random people who don't regard themselves as artists. are they art? why or why not?#the way AI image generation works - using vast arrays of image samples to create a new image with - has been cited#as a reason why ai-generated images aren't ''real art''. but is that not just a computer-generated collage? is it not real because it was#made by an algorithm?#if i - a human artist - get a bunch of old magazines and show them to an algorithm to generate new things from them#or to suggest ways in which new things could be made#and then i took those suggestions and cut the magazines and made the collage by hand. is that still art? did it at some point become art#or cease to be art?#i think these things are far more intriguing and important to get to the root of ethical AI usage in the 21st century than focusing on laws
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CFP: AI and Fandom
Unfortunately, this special issue will not be moving forward. All submitted pieces are being considered for our general issue. 
Due in part to well-publicised advancements in generative AI technologies such as GPT-4, there has been a recent explosion of interest in – and hype around – Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies. Whether this hype cycle continues to grow or fades away, AI is anticipated to have significant repercussions for fandom (Lamerichs 2018), and is already inspiring polarised reactions. Fan artists have been candid about using creative AI tools like Midjourney and DALL-E to generate fan art, while fanfiction writers have been using ChatGPT to generate stories and share them online (there are 470 works citing the use of these tools on AO3 and 20 on FanFiction.net at the time of writing). It is likely the case that even greater numbers of fans are using such tools discreetly, to the consternation of those for whom this is a disruption of the norms and values of fan production and wider artistic creation (Cain 2023; shealwaysreads 2023). AI technology is being used to dub movies with matching visual mouth movements after filming has been completed (Contreras 2022), to analyse audience responses in real-time (Pringle 2017), to holographically revive deceased performers (Andrews 2022; Contreras 2023), to build chatbots where users can interact with a synthesised version of celebrities and fictional characters (Rosenberg 2023), to synthesise celebrities’ voices (Kang et al. 2022; Nyce 2023), and for translation services for transnational fandoms (Kim 2021).
Despite the multiple ways in which AI is being introduced for practical implementations, the term remains a contested one. Lindley et al (2020) consider “how AI simultaneously refers to the grand vision of creating a machine with human-level general intelligence as well as describing a range of real technologies which are in widespread use today” (2) and suggest that this so called ‘definitional dualism’ can obscure the ubiquity of current implementations while stoking concerns about far-future speculations based on media portrayals. AI is touted as being at least as world-changing as the mass adoption of the internet and, regardless of whether it proves to be such a paradigm shift, the strong emotions it generates make it a productive site of intervention into long-held debates about: relationships between technology and art, what it means to create, what it means to be human, and the legislative and ethical frameworks that seek to determine these relationships.
This special issue seeks to address the rapidly accelerating topic of Artificial Intelligence and machine learning (ML) systems (including, but not limited to Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), Large Language Models (LLMs), Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and speech, image and audio recognition and generation), and their relationship to and implications for fans and fan studies. We are interested in how fans are using AI tools in novel ways as well as how fans feel about the use of these tools. From media production and marketing perspectives we are interested in how AI tools are being used to study fans, and to create new media artefacts that attract fan attention. The use of AI to generate transformative works challenges ideas around creativity, originality and authorship (Clarke 2022; Miller 2019; Ploin et al. 2022), debates that are prevalent in fan studies and beyond. AI-generated transformative works may present challenges to existing legal frameworks, such as copyright, as well as to ethical frameworks and fan gift economy norms. For example, OpenAI scraped large swathes of the internet to train its models – most likely including fan works (Leishman 2022). This is in addition to larger issues with AI, such as the potential discrimination and bias that can arise from the use of ‘normalised’ (exclusionary) training data (Noble 2018). We are also interested in fan engagement with fictional or speculative AI in literature, media and culture.
We welcome contributions from scholars who are familiar with AI technologies as well as from scholars who seek to understand its repercussions for fans, fan works, fan communities and fan studies. We anticipate submissions from those working in disparate disciplines as well as interdisciplinary research that operates across multiple fields.
The following are some suggested topics that submissions might consider:
The use of generative AI by fans to create new forms of transformative work (for example, replicating actors’ voices to ‘read’ podfic)
Fan responses to the development and use of AI including Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT (for example, concerns that AO3 may be part of the data scraped for training models)
Explorations of copyright, ownership and authorship in the age of AI-generated material and transformative works
Studies that examine fandoms centring on speculative AI and androids, (e.g. Her, Isaac Asimov, WestWorld, Star Trek)
Methods for fan studies research that use AI and ML
The use of AI in audience research and content development by media producers and studios
Lessons that scholars of AI and its development can learn from fan studies and vice versa
Ethics of AI in a fan context, for example deepfakes and the spread of misinformation 
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Transformative Works and Cultures (TWC, http://journal.transformativeworks.org/) is an international peer-reviewed online Gold Open Access publication of the nonprofit Organization for Transformative Works, copyrighted under a Creative Commons License. TWC aims to provide a publishing outlet that welcomes fan-related topics and promotes dialogue between academic and fan communities. TWC accommodates academic articles of varying scope as well as other forms, such as multimedia, that embrace the technical possibilities of the internet and test the limits of the genre of academic writing.
Submit final papers directly to Transformative Works and Cultures by January 1, 2024. 
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Works Cited
Andrews, Phoenix CS. 2022. ‘“Are Di Would of Loved It”: Reanimating Princess Diana through Dolls and AI’. Celebrity Studies 13 (4): 573–94. https://doi.org/10.1080/19392397.2022.2135087.
Cain, Sian. 2023. ‘“This Song Sucks”: Nick Cave Responds to ChatGPT Song Written in Style of Nick Cave’. The Guardian, 17 January 2023, sec. Music. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/17/this-song-sucks-nick-cave-responds-to-chatgpt-song-written-in-style-of-nick-cave.
Clarke, Laurie. 2022. ‘When AI Can Make Art – What Does It Mean for Creativity?’ The Observer, 12 November 2022, sec. Technology. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/12/when-ai-can-make-art-what-does-it-mean-for-creativity-dall-e-midjourney.
Contreras, Brian. 2022. ‘A.I. Is Here, and It’s Making Movies. Is Hollywood Ready?’ Los Angeles Times, 19 December 2022, sec. Company Town. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2022-12-19/the-next-frontier-in-moviemaking-ai-edits.
———. 2023. ‘Is AI the Future of Hollywood? How the Hype Squares with Reality’. Los Angeles Times, 18 March 2023, sec. Company Town. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2023-03-18/is-a-i-the-future-of-hollywood-hype-vs-reality-sxsw-tye-sheridan.
Kang, Eun Jeong, Haesoo Kim, Hyunwoo Kim, and Juho Kim. 2022. ‘When AI Meets the K-Pop Culture: A Case Study of Fans’ Perception of AI Private Call’. In . https://ai-cultures.github.io/papers/when_ai_meets_the_k_pop_cultur.pdf.
Kim, Judy Yae Young. 2021. ‘AI Translators and the International K-Pop Fandom on Twitter’. SLC Undergraduate Writing Contest 5. https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/slc-uwc/article/view/3823.
Lamerichs, Nicolle. 2018. ‘The next Wave in Participatory Culture: Mixing Human and Nonhuman Entities in Creative Practices and Fandom’. Transformative Works and Cultures 28. https://doi.org/10.3983/twc.2018.1501.
Leishman, Rachel. 2022. ‘Fanfiction Writers Scramble To Set Profiles to Private as Evidence Grows That AI Writing Is Using Their Stories’. The Mary Sue, 12 December 2022. https://www.themarysue.com/fanfiction-writers-scramble-to-set-profiles-to-private-as-evidence-grows-that-ai-writing-is-using-their-stories/.
Lindley, Joseph, Haider. Akmal, Franziska Pilling, and Paul Coulton. 2020. ‘Researching AI legibility through design’. In Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-13). https://doi.org/10.1145/3313831.3376792 
Miller, Arthur I. 2019. The Artist in the Machine: The World of AI-Powered Creativity. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press.
Noble, Safiya Umoja. (2018) Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism. New York, USA: New York University Press.
Nyce, Caroline Mimbs. 2023. ‘The Real Taylor Swift Would Never’. The Atlantic, 31 March 2023. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/03/ai-taylor-swift-fan-generated-deepfakes-misinformation/673596/.
Ploin, Anne, Rebecca Eynon, Isis Hjorth, and Michael Osborne. 2022. ‘AI and the Arts: How Machine Learning Is Changing Artistic Work’. Report from the Creative Algorithmic Intelligence Research Project. University of Oxford, UK: Oxford Internet Institute. https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/reports/ai-the-arts/.
Pringle, Ramona. 2017. ‘Watching You, Watching It: Disney Turns to AI to Track Filmgoers’ True Feelings about Its Films’. CBC, 4 August 2017. https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/disney-ai-real-time-tracking-fvae-1.4233063.
Rosenberg, Allegra. 2023. ‘Custom AI Chatbots Are Quietly Becoming the next Big Thing in Fandom’. The Verge, 13 March 2023. https://www.theverge.com/23627402/character-ai-fandom-chat-bots-fanfiction-role-playing.
shealwaysreads. 2023. “Fascinating to see…” Tumblr, March 28, 2023, 11:53. https://www.tumblr.com/shealwaysreads/713032516941021184/fascinating-to-see-a-take-on-a-post-about-thehttps://www.tumblr.com/androidsfighting/713056705673592832?source=share
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maebird-melody · 1 year
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Thoughts on AI
Opening Remarks
I am by no means the first to share my thoughts on AI, nor will I be the last, I am sure. Yet as I’ve watched this discussion grow, I’ve been trying to pin down my own thoughts and feelings on the matter.
Because they aren’t universally positive, but neither are they universally negative. Rather, I am stuck in this dissociative limbo between wonder, anger, and anxiety. How beautiful and terrible, how marvelous and dreadful this synthetic, eldritch mind we’ve birthed into the world! I have struggled in articulating these feelings both to my (mostly non-artist) friends who are very excited about the possibilities of AI art, and to my (mostly artist) friends who feel threatened, disrespected, and undermined by the way AIs were trained and what they are designed to do.
So I hope to put into words both my thoughts and my observations about AI in this post.
(General disclaimer: I am an artist, writer, and composer, but not someone of any notoriety. I do not make a living off of my creations. I have one self-published book, which I wrote and illustrated, and a bandcamp where I finally started sharing my music earlier this year. Everything surrounding AI hits a little differently for someone like me who is just now trying to break into the art economy and feels like the rug’s been pulled out from under them before even getting their foot in the door.)
AI and Ethics
On the one hand, I am awestruck by the possibility of this technology. How strange and wonderful that we can tell a machine what we want to see, and it has the capacity to create it? Or that we can ask for music in a particular mood or style, and it can synthesize the sound in real time? These machines are astounding, and I don’t want to diminish that fact. To get where we are today required decades of work and effort by engineers, coders, and scientists. That effort is not lost on me.
However, AI is fraught with ethical and humanist concerns, many of which I don’t think were taken into account during its inception. Much of AI is trained from datasets made up from privately owned, stored, or copyrighted data, like medical records (1) and watermarked artwork (2). Some AI companies are explicitly marketing their products as a replacement for the people who used to create those things (3, 4, 5, 6). And while an AI music company like Harmonai kept copyrighted music out of their training datasets (7) — a common quote referenced from this article mentions how “diffusion models are prone to memorization and overfitting” — the same cannot be said of most image-based AIs that trawl the internet for data, or music AIs that explicitly generate audio in the styles of known musicians (8, 9). The latter applies to deepfakes of people’s voices, as well.
Existing online is not an invitation for exploitation. Posting an image, sharing a video or song, or publishing your writing should not equal implicit consent for an AI to leverage your creative work for profit.
We live in a world now where AI is capable of synthesizing images, music, video, and writing — creative pursuits that were formerly the sole domain of human capability. I think it is important to ask, for what reason did we create AIs that are capable of taking our place in creative professions? Why turn to AI to generate an image or a song instead of turning to a human artist, or developing the skill yourself?
If we approach AI from the position of creating the best possible world for all people, a world in which human beings can flourish, I do not believe that AI, as it currently stands, brings us closer to that ideal. So long as AI is exploitative, it necessarily worsens the lives of those whom it exploits. Existing online is not an invitation for exploitation. Posting an image, sharing a video or song, or publishing your writing should not equal implicit consent for an AI to leverage your creative work for profit. And disregarding the legitimate concerns artists have about their livelihoods, all for the sake of progress, will only serve to harm us, not help us, as collective humanity.
Common Arguments and Questions
There are certain questions and arguments I’ve seen surface with some regularity surrounding AI. There is an excellent video by Steven Zapata which covers a lot of these same arguments, I recommend giving it a watch (10).
How is an AI learning and synthesizing ideas from what it sees any different from a human doing the same? How is the influence of an artist on an AI any different than that same influence on a human?
The reason behind this common misconception is that the data used to train the AI is viewed as a purely visual influence, much in the same way that humans are influenced by the art they consume. But this neglects two factors:
Humans and AI do not process information the same way. Human brains do not work like machines, and machine learning does not follow the same conventions as human thought.
Humans and AI do not improve skill in the same way. While a human requires practice to grow their understanding of theory, composition, form, etc. with regard to their craft, an AI ‘practices’ by consuming more data points to flesh out specific qualities that it can reference when building an image, such as “roundness” or “apple-ness” or “tree-ness.” It can only copy what is has seen.
When one views an AI’s consumption of data as nothing more than how a human learns from visual references, understanding that the art was stolen becomes harder to accept.
But one must remember, the AI is nothing without the data it was fed (11). Being influenced by an image and building your entire neural network on a foundation of data are entirely different things. The comparison between human and AI is a faulty one, because humans and machines are fundamentally different.
Now everyone can make art, everyone can compose music, everyone can write stories. Why don’t you want that?
As someone who does all three, I would argue back that it was always possible for everyone to make art, compose music, and write stories.
What this statement actually means is that AI levels the playing field when it comes to skill and mastery. Now, everyone can ‘make’ art, music, and stories at a near-professional level. (Well, everyone with access to the internet and a computer-like interface, but that gets into an entirely different issue.)
To create is human. Good or bad, simple or complex, we are all wired to make things — stories, art, music — you name it, we make it. You learn and grow through making things, and the more you create, the greater you develop your aesthetic sense and an understanding of the medium.
Perhaps what bothers me is that AI art ignores the process. The point of art is not only the end result, the ‘product’ that you end up with after you’ve finished. The process of generating the art, of discovering it, of honing your skill, this is all just as precious as the art itself. It is not to be tossed away, disregarded, considered passé.
There is so much more to art than what you ‘get’ at the end.
AI artists are real artists because you need an aesthetic sense to know which images are good and which ones are bad.
I do not disagree that aesthetic sense is incredibly useful for curating the images that the AI generates, but I do disagree that aesthetic sense alone makes an artist. Nor do I believe that the skills required to generate images from an algorithm are comparable to the skills of an artist.
...we must inevitably come to the question of whether we place AI-based communication in the same skill category as producing a work of art with your own hands from scratch.
Merriam Webster defines an artist as “a person who creates art (such as painting, sculpture, music, or writing) using conscious skill and creative imagination” (12).
The point of contention I have here is over what constitutes “conscious skill” and “creative imagination.”
If we take conscious to mean “done or acting with critical awareness” (13) and skill to mean “a learned power of doing something competently: a developed aptitude or ability” (14), then we must inevitably come to the question of whether we place AI-based communication in the same skill category as producing a work of art with your own hands from scratch.
If we take creative to mean “marked by the ability or power to create” (15) and imagination to mean “the act or power of forming a mental image of something not present to the senses or never before wholly perceived in reality” (16), then we must ask if there is the capacity for imagination beyond the prompt itself in the AI image generating process. To call the AI capable of imagination makes the same mistake as in the first argument — an AI is not human. And likewise, the AI cannot generate anything it has not already seen in its training dataset.
To use an AI robs the user of the chance to imagine for themselves how they might represent, say, a cityscape at night, or a chicken wedding. While it is fun to see what the AI generates based on the data it can reference, I believe it is a misstep to then label the user an artist for telling the AI to produce those images.
I am much more comfortable with the term “AI collaborator” than “AI artist,” because, in truth, that more accurately describes what is being done when a user inputs a prompt into an AI and then attempts to guide the AI based on their personal aesthetic sense. This separation of terminology also helps to clarify when an image required years of study and days of work to create vs. when an image required a few words and some careful curation.
As an added note, I think that images generated this way could be useful for artists who want help with ideation. But it is an important step — in my mind at least — for the artist to take what the AI created as inspiration, not as the final product.
AIs aren’t going to replace real artists. It’s just a fun tool that people are using to make silly memes.
AI is already poised to replace artists in many fields, or will likely do so in the near future (17, 18).
...for many artists, it’s the mundane work that pays the bills.
There are AI composers trained on vast libraries of audio that can generate film, video game, or commercial soundtracks (19, 20). There are AI writers that can produce drafts of “SEO-friendly” articles for the web based on article titles (21). There are AI storytellers that are only serviceable as writing assistants at this stage, but at the rate that natural language processing is developing, it isn’t hard to see them creating stories all on their own in the near future (22). The Atlantic has already used Midjourney to provide the illustration for one of their newsletters (23) and an AI art piece has already won first place at an art competition (24).
Now anyone can make music equivalent to that of a professional composer with the click of a button (25). Why pay for the libraries of human-composed soundtracks, or commission a musician to score your indie video game, when an AI could just do it for you for free, and instantaneously (26)?
Now anyone can generate art with a few select key words entered into an image generator (27, 28, 29). You don’t need to pay an artist you like, you can just tell the AI to mimic their work. You don’t even need to ask a more affordable artist to copy their style because the AI can do it for free, and the result is immediate.
When natural language processing catches up with humans, AI will be able to create novels without a human writer, though I don’t see editors ever going away. Publishing houses can keep on their editors, but you don’t need a writer in that equation anymore.
The most optimistic view says that AI will free up artists to do the more fulfilling types of art and avoid the more mundane forms of it. The commercial jingles, the company logos, the ghostwriting for convenience store fiction—those can be done by AI, leaving the art galleries and bestseller lists and symphonies to the human artists. This view neglects that, for many artists, it’s the mundane work that pays the bills. Not every artist can attain an elite position, and the prevalence of AI taking up lower level work makes it even harder to rise to the top for those who do have the requisite skill. (This also neglects that many artists do enjoy that kind of utilitarian work, but that is another issue entirely.)
AI art is the next evolution in art. This is no different than how photography replaced landscape painting, or digital art replaced traditional art, or 3D animation replaced 2D animation, etc.
While this is true to a degree, in that each advancement in technology has shifted the artistic landscape, often relegating old forms of art to a smaller subsection of the art world, I do not think the comparison holds up under scrutiny.
In each of the above instances, the creative force was still with the artist, not with the tool. With AI, you can tell the AI what you want to see, but ultimately you have very little control over what image is produced.
Photographers can stage their shots, alter the lighting, introduce set pieces or props, and so on. They can choose the locations where they shoot, and make use of several different tools both during and after the shoot to alter the images.
3D animators build the models they use and often paint over the digital landscape they’ve built. Lighting, color, sound design, object interaction physics, and so on, all influence the final product. You are still building the images, frame by frame, and you have much more control of the final product.
I think there is an argument to be made for using image manipulation with AI-generated images. Transformative works are an important part of the art ecosystem. But, in the same way that a photograph of a painting is not considered a replacement or an evolution of the art form, I do not believe that an AI-generated image built on the works of un-credited, unpaid artists can be called an evolution of art. It is a tool, not an art form unto itself.
Blue Sky Thinking
I am hopeful that there can be a place for AI in the art world. Not as a replacement for the artists (30), but as a tool which enables people to expand their imaginations and develop their skill.
However, I do not think there is any way forward without first making sure that:
Artists have the power to choose whether an AI gets trained on their images.
Those who do choose to include their art in the dataset are fairly compensated for their contributions.
We have legislation in place which protects artists from frauds who would pass off AI forgeries as belonging to those artists.
Companies must use a specific ratio of human-made art to AI art, one which favors the human artists, to protect the livelihoods of those artists and keeps open the paths to career advancement.
The above list is likely not exhaustive, and I imagine even more needs will arise the longer that AIs exist.
But there are many applications of AI that I could imagine benefiting artists. In this section, I am imagining how a fully developed AI that is not plagued by the problems of its infancy could be used.
Imagine using AI to determine where the anatomy is off on your figure drawing. An AI that has been trained exclusively on how multiple types of bodies look in 3D space could potentially compare your drawing against thousands of examples and highlight where the elbow might be in the wrong position, or the foreshortening on the foot isn’t quite right. The AI could help train the artist’s eye to better see where they need to grow.
Or in an animation studio, where uniformity of style is important for a consistent-looking film or series, an AI that has been trained on character models and short animation reels, along with all previous episodes of the show, could help identify where artists are running into specific problems with replicating the characters. This could help animators grow in their understanding of how to identify where they tend to go off-model.
Or for an illustrator stuck in a rut on how to design a character. Putting in a few  descriptors from the book they are illustrating could help with the ideation process before they set down the final character designs. Many illustrators already use reference material to help spark their imaginations. With an AI, finding the examples you need becomes that much quicker.
For a digital artist who is very prolific and in high demand, having an AI collaborator that helps them with the more tedious parts of the drawing, parts which require very little skill, such as laying down flat colors or copying a repeating pattern across a canvas, could be done by the AI to speed up their production time.
For a video game designer, having an AI that can turn hand-drawn assets into usable objects for a game could be very useful. Imagine an AI that can bridge the gap between human-made images and the integrated video game world, knowing already how to apply real-world physics to the objects because it understands “bowl-ness” and “weight.”
And for hobbyists who just like to play around with an AI image generator, it could be another source of income for artists who choose to design art for those image generators. Just like artists build the character options for a character building engine in a video game. AI image generators as they function now, I think, are best if considered as video games.
And if I think about music, it does seem as though AI models for music may already be trending in a hopeful direction. Imagine using AI to generate sound samples for electronic or experimental music. Or letting AI help you come up with that missing lyric that you just can’t think of. Maybe you want to create a your own set of unique midi instruments. You could use an AI to create the sound you’re looking for and then turn it into an instrument by adjusting the tone. You could use this new instrument in your DAW, or integrate it with notation software. Maybe even turn that sound into a synth that you can pull up on a keyboard and play at a concert.
There are many possibilities, and not all roads lead to exploitation.
Closing Remarks
I want to believe that this technology does not mean that work which would otherwise have been given to writers, musicians, and artists will instead be given to AI. I want to believe that rather, this technology will enable people who otherwise would never have been able to afford writers, artists, and musicians to have access to good writing, beautiful music, and astounding art. I want to believe that when those people come to a place where they can afford to hire creative people, they would choose that over AI. That AI would be a stepping stone. Much like with composers using virtual instruments for their music, or novelists using royalty-free images for their self-published novels, the specificity of human performance and creation is preferred, but out of reach. 
Ultimately, I think the feeling I have is one of futility rather than hope. What was it all for? Why spend years of my life honing my skills as a pianist, a composer, an illustrator, and a writer? What was the point of sinking thousands of dollars into a degree in music composition? Or the years of lessons on music theory? The hours spent researching storytelling models? The closet full of sketchbooks and classes in figure drawing, painting, art history, and design? What purpose does all that training serve now?
But then, who am I to complain? I can’t afford to hire musicians to play my music, so I use virtual instruments instead or record in my bedroom on the few instruments I know how to play. I can’t afford to hire cover artists for my albums, so I do my best to design them myself. Is it not the same for any small content creator? How is leveraging the royalty free stock images available online any different from clicking a button to generate an image from an AI?
I don’t know the answers to these questions, and I think it will take time for us all to work them out, together.
AI has potential for good, but it also has a lot of potential for harm. And I don’t see us avoiding the harm (to not even speak of the harm that has already been done) without serious intervention. The future is up to us.
I am still learning about this topic, and will probably continue to learn as the situation changes. I’ve linked throughout this post the resources that I referenced during my research. I hope that this post will also help others process their thoughts and feelings on AI, and maybe even find some of the resources useful, too.
Sources:
1 https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/09/artist-finds-private-medical-record-photos-in-popular-ai-training-data-set/
2 https://kotaku.com/ai-art-dall-e-midjourney-stable-diffusion-copyright-1849388060
3 https://stability.ai/blog/stable-diffusion-announcement
4 https://soundraw.io/
5 https://boomy.com/
6 https://www.ampermusic.com/
7 https://wandb.ai/wandb_gen/audio/reports/Harmonai-s-Dance-Diffusion-Open-Source-AI-Audio-Generation-Tool-For-Music-Producers--VmlldzoyNjkwOTM1
8 https://sensoriumxr.com/articles/what-is-ai-music
9 https://www.inverse.com/input/tech/open-ais-jukebox-generates-music-that-sounds-like-dead-artists
10 https://youtu.be/tjSxFAGP9Ss
11 https://www.aimeecozza.com/ai-art-what-is-it/
12 https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/artist?src=search-dict-box
13 https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conscious
14 https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skill
15 https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/creative
16 https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/imagination
17 https://www.cartoonbrew.com/comics/dall-e-midjourney-ai-illustrated-comics-220166.html
18 https://www.dacs.org.uk/latest-news/dacs-warns-that-new-text-and-data-mining-exception?category=For+Artists&title=N
19 https://www.unite.ai/best-ai-music-generators/
20 https://filmora.wondershare.com/audio-editing/best-ai-music-composer.html
21 https://ai-writer.com/
22 https://www.codingem.com/best-ai-story-generators/
23 https://newsletters.theatlantic.com/galaxy-brain/62f28a6bbcbd490021af2db4/where-does-alex-jones-go-from-here/
24 https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvmvqm/an-ai-generated-artwork-won-first-place-at-a-state-fair-fine-arts-competition-and-artists-are-pissed
25 https://builtin.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-music-examples
26 https://medium.com/@1jonathankao/how-anyone-can-create-music-with-ai-725821f2f25c
27 https://creator.nightcafe.studio/
28 https://www.makeuseof.com/how-to-use-midjourney-create-ai-art/
29 https://openai.com/dall-e-2/
30 https://ebenschumacherart.com/will-ai-replace-artists/
Other Resources:
Society of Illustrators: https://societyillustrators.org/
Concept Art Association: https://www.conceptartassociation.com/
Equity (UK-based Creative Union): https://www.equity.org.uk/
Proko on AI Ethics, Artists, and What You Can Do About It: https://youtu.be/Nn_w3MnCyDY
The Met on AI Art: https://mymodernmet.com/ai-art-2022/
CNN on AI Art: https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/21/tech/artists-ai-images/index.html
ArtStation Protest:
1 https://kotaku.com/artstation-ai-art-generated-images-epic-games-protest-1849891085
2 https://www.vice.com/en/article/ake9me/artists-are-revolt-against-ai-art-on-artstation
Check for your art in databases used to train AI: https://haveibeentrained.com/
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Unpacking the Complexities of AI-Generated Pornography: Navigating the Risks and Rewards.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly changing the world we live in. From self-driving cars to virtual assistants, AI is transforming industries and changing the way we interact with technology. However, one area where AI has had a particularly significant impact is the adult entertainment industry.The proliferation of online pornography has been one of the most significant cultural shifts of the 21st century. According to one estimate, online pornography generates $97 billion in revenue each year, making it one of the most profitable industries on the internet. The use of AI in the production and distribution of pornography has only accelerated this trend.One of the most significant ways AI is changing the pornography industry is by enabling the creation of hyper-realistic, computer-generated images and videos of sexual content. These images and videos, known as deepfakes, are created by using machine learning algorithms to superimpose the faces of real people onto the bodies of pornographic actors.While deepfakes can be used to create non-pornographic content, they have become particularly popular in the adult entertainment industry because they allow performers to remain anonymous while still creating content that appears to feature real people. This has led to a proliferation of deepfake pornography that can be accessed easily and anonymously on the internet.The impact of AI-generated pornography on society is complex and multifaceted. On the one hand, some argue that deepfakes and other AI-generated pornographic content could be used to reduce demand for prostitution and other forms of sex work. By providing consumers with a safer, more anonymous way to access sexual content, AI-generated pornography could potentially reduce the demand for illegal and exploitative forms of sexual entertainment.However, others worry that the proliferation of deepfake pornography could have negative effects on society, particularly in terms of gender relations and sexual violence. Critics argue that deepfake pornography reinforces harmful gender stereotypes and promotes unrealistic and unhealthy attitudes toward sex and relationships.Furthermore, the use of deepfake pornography could also lead to a rise in sexual harassment and assault. By creating images and videos that appear to feature real people, AI-generated pornography blurs the line between fantasy and reality, potentially leading some consumers to believe that they have a right to engage in non-consensual sexual acts.To address these concerns, some have called for increased regulation of the adult entertainment industry, including the use of AI-generated pornography. This could include requirements for performers to consent to the use of their images and increased penalties for those who create and distribute non-consensual deepfake pornography.In conclusion, the use of AI in the adult entertainment industry is a complex and rapidly evolving issue that raises significant concerns about the impact of technology on society. While deepfake pornography has the potential to reduce demand for illegal and exploitative forms of sexual entertainment, it also has the potential to reinforce harmful gender stereotypes and promote unhealthy attitudes toward sex and relationships. As AI continues to transform the world we live in, it is essential that we consider the ethical and social implications of its use in the adult entertainment industry and beyond.
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Can AI Generate Stock Images?
Understanding the Role of Artificial Intelligence in Shaping the Stock Image Industry
In the fast-evolving landscape of visual content creation, artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the way we produce and consume images. But can AI truly generate stock images? Let’s delve into this intriguing question in this beginner’s guide.
Unveiling the Power of AI in Image Generation
Artificial intelligence, fueled by advanced algorithms and machine learning techniques, has the capability to generate realistic and high-quality images that mimic human creativity. Through a process known as generative adversarial networks (GANs), AI systems can learn from vast datasets of existing images and produce new visuals with astonishing accuracy.
The Evolution of Stock Images: From Photography to AI
Traditional Stock Images: Historically, stock images were predominantly sourced from photographers and illustrators who captured real-world scenes and subjects.
Entry of AI: With the advent of AI, stock image platforms began incorporating AI-generated images into their collections, offering creators a new source of diverse and customizable visuals.
The Advantages of AI-Generated Stock Images
Infinite Variety: AI-generated images offer an endless array of subjects, styles, and themes, catering to diverse creative needs.
Customization: Creators can tailor AI-generated images to their specific requirements, adjusting parameters such as color, composition, and style.
Time Efficiency: AI can generate images at a rapid pace, saving creators valuable time and resources compared to traditional methods.
Cost-Effectiveness: AI-generated images eliminate the need for expensive photoshoots or licensing fees, making high-quality visuals accessible to all.
Exploring the Limitations of AI in Image Generation
While AI has made significant strides in image generation, it still has its limitations:
Authenticity Concerns: Some AI-generated images may lack the authenticity and emotional depth of real-world photographs, potentially impacting their effectiveness in certain contexts.
Complexity: Generating highly detailed or intricate images, such as portraits or fine art, can pose challenges for AI algorithms, resulting in less convincing results.
Ethical Considerations: The use of AI in image generation raises ethical questions regarding intellectual property rights, bias, and the potential for misuse or manipulation.
The Role of Human Creativity in Image Generation
While AI plays a crucial role in image generation, human creativity remains indispensable:
Creative Direction: Humans provide the artistic vision and direction behind AI-generated images, guiding the process to achieve desired outcomes.
Quality Assurance: Human oversight is essential for ensuring the quality, relevance, and authenticity of AI-generated visuals before they are made available to users.
Artistic Interpretation: Human creators bring a unique perspective and interpretation to the image generation process, infusing AI-generated visuals with depth and meaning.
Leveraging FreeStock.ai for AI-Generated Stock Images
Introducing FreeStock.ai – your premier destination for downloading free AI-generated stock images. With its user-friendly platform and diverse collection of high-quality visuals, FreeStock.ai empowers creators to explore the possibilities of AI-driven image generation without constraints.
Whether you’re a designer, marketer, blogger, or entrepreneur, FreeStock.ai offers the freedom to access and download AI-generated stock images for any project, big or small. Unlock the potential of AI in visual content creation with FreeStock.ai today.
Conclusion: Embracing the Future of Visual Content Creation
As AI continues to advance, the role of AI-generated images in the stock image industry will undoubtedly grow. By understanding the capabilities, limitations, and ethical considerations surrounding AI in image generation, creators can harness its power to enhance their projects and captivate their audiences.
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The Dawn of Free Image Editing: Meet the Undressai Tool
Unveiling a Controversial Innovation
The Undressai Tool, known colloquially as the DeepNude app, has stirred a hornet's nest by offering a highly-discussed and disputed service. Promising to unveil nudity in any image at no cost, this tool operates by allowing users to upload images, and then digitally remove depicted clothing. While the process appears straightforward, its ethical implications loom large, raising questions about privacy, consent, and potential misuse.
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A platform offering a highly contentious service has emerged. Claiming the capability to uncover nudity in any image free of charge, this tool operates by allowing users to upload images and digitally remove clothing from depicted individuals. This procedure involves painting over garments, tweaking parameters such as age and body type, and rapidly generating a deep nude image within moments. Despite its apparent ease of use, the ethical implications of such a tool are profound and disconcerting.
Although it may initially appear harmless, it raises significant concerns regarding privacy, consent, and the potential for misuse, including the creation and dissemination of non-consensual and exploitative imagery. Accessible via www.undressaitool.com, the platform embodies the intersection of technology and ethics, serving as a poignant reminder of the responsibility inherent in developing and utilizing artificial intelligence and image manipulation tools.
Empowering Creativity: Introducing Undress AI Technology
The digital editing realm witnesses a seismic shift with the advent of Undress AI technology. This groundbreaking tool harnesses the power of artificial intelligence algorithms to streamline image editing, offering users unparalleled precision and efficiency. From basic touch-ups to intricate enhancements, Undress AI transcends the conventional boundaries of digital editing, heralding a new era of creativity and self-expression.
Exploring the Undress for Free Tool: A Comprehensive Overview
The Free Undress AI Tool distinguishes itself with its comprehensive suite of image editing features, providing a platform akin to premium editing software, sans the price tag. Navigating its intuitive interface is a breeze, offering users of all skill levels access to fundamental adjustments and advanced techniques.
Unleash Your Creativity: Harnessing the Power of Undress AI
With the free Undress AI Tool, creators can effortlessly elevate their photographs, eliminating imperfections and refining details. Its accessibility and advanced algorithms democratize high-quality editing tools, empowering users to explore their creativity without financial constraints.
Maximizing Benefits: Advantages of Utilizing the Undress for Free Tool
The Undress for Free Tool's cost-effectiveness and time-saving features make it an enticing option for users seeking professional-quality results without subscription fees. Real-world examples underscore its versatility and effectiveness, positioning it as a formidable competitor against paid alternatives.
Tips for Optimal Results: Enhance Your Editing Experience
To unlock the full potential of the Undress for Free Tool, users are encouraged to experiment, leverage advanced features, and embark on creative exploration, ensuring optimal results with every edit.
Embracing the AI Undress Evolution: Redefining Digital Editing
AI undress technology reshapes the landscape of image editing, simplifying the process while upholding professional standards. As this technology evolves, its transformative impact holds promise for creators across diverse fields.
Revolutionizing Image Editing: The Free Undress AI Tool
The free Undress AI Tool marks a watershed moment in image editing, granting users unprecedented access to sophisticated editing capabilities at no cost. This innovative tool empowers creators of all skill levels to enhance their photographs effortlessly, dismantling barriers commonly associated with professional editing software.
Conclusion: 
The Undress for Free Tool is indispensable for enhancing image editing capabilities without financial strain. Its robust features, user-friendly interface, and commitment to privacy and security position it as the preferred choice for digital creators worldwide.
FAQs
What is the Undress AI Tool?
The Undress AI Tool, also known as the DeepNude app, is a website offering a controversial service that purports to reveal nudity in uploaded images for free. It digitally removes clothing from depicted subjects using advanced image editing algorithms.
How does the Undress AI Tool work?
Users can upload images to the Undress AI Tool website, where the tool digitally erases clothing from depicted subjects by painting over them and adjusting parameters like age and body type. The process is quick, generating a deep nude image within seconds.
What are the ethical concerns associated with the Undress AI Tool?
The Undress AI Tool raises significant concerns regarding privacy, consent, and potential misuse. There are worries about creating and distributing non-consensual and exploitative imagery, highlighting the ethical ramifications of such technology.
Where can I access the Undress AI Tool?
The Undress AI Tool can be accessed at www.undressaitool.com, where users can utilize its image editing features.
What makes the Undress AI Tool different from other image editing software?
The Undress AI Tool offers sophisticated image editing features similar to premium software but without any cost. Its user-friendly interface caters to users of all skill levels, making high-quality editing accessible to everyone.
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Exploring the Ethical Quandaries of AI: Undress AI Remove Clothes
In the realm of artificial intelligence (AI), the line between innovation and ethical considerations is often blurred. The latest controversy to emerge is the advent of AI-powered tools designed to "undress" individuals in digital images, essentially stripping them of their clothing with a few clicks. This technology, often marketed under various names like "Remove Clothes" or "Cloth Remover," utilizes deep learning algorithms to generate realistic nude images from clothed pictures. While proponents tout its potential applications in various fields, including fashion design and entertainment, critics raise serious concerns regarding privacy, consent, and the exacerbation of societal issues. Undress AI Remove Clothes
At its core, undressing AI operates on the principles of generative adversarial networks (GANs), a subset of machine learning where two neural networks, the generator and the discriminator, compete against each other. The generator creates synthetic images, while the discriminator distinguishes between real and fake ones. Through iterative training, the generator learns to produce increasingly convincing images, including those of unclothed individuals, by understanding patterns and features in vast datasets of clothed and nude images.
Proponents argue that undress AI technology has legitimate applications, such as aiding fashion designers in envisioning how garments will fit and drape on the human body without the need for physical prototypes. Additionally, it could be utilized in virtual try-on services, allowing consumers to visualize clothing items before making a purchase. In the entertainment industry, it may streamline the creation of digital characters and animations, reducing production costs and enhancing realism.
However, the ethical implications of undressing AI are profound and multifaceted. One of the foremost concerns is the potential for misuse and exploitation. With the proliferation of deepfake technology, there's a real risk that malicious actors could weaponize undress AI to create non-consensual pornographic material or to harass individuals by manipulating their images without their consent. This raises serious issues related to privacy, consent, and the psychological well-being of those targeted.
Moreover, the deployment of undressing AI exacerbates existing societal issues, particularly those related to body image and objectification. By reducing individuals to mere bodies, stripped of context and agency, this technology perpetuates harmful stereotypes and reinforces unrealistic beauty standards. It not only undermines the dignity and autonomy of the individuals depicted but also contributes to a culture of commodification and exploitation.
From a legal standpoint, the use of undress AI raises complex questions about intellectual property rights, privacy laws, and the boundaries of digital manipulation. While some jurisdictions have begun to introduce legislation specifically targeting deepfake technology and non-consensual image sharing, enforcement remains challenging, particularly in the context of rapidly evolving AI capabilities.
Addressing the ethical challenges posed by undress AI requires a multifaceted approach involving technological, legal, and societal interventions. Technological solutions, such as watermarking and digital signatures embedded within images, could help verify authenticity and prevent unauthorized manipulation. Enhanced education and awareness campaigns are essential to inform the public about the risks associated with AI-generated content and the importance of consent and digital literacy.
Furthermore, policymakers must engage in proactive regulation to ensure that the development and deployment of AI technologies prioritize ethical considerations and respect fundamental rights and freedoms. This includes robust data protection laws, stringent enforcement mechanisms, and clear guidelines for the responsible use of AI in sensitive contexts. Undress AI Remove Clothes
Ultimately, the rise of undressing AI underscores the urgent need for a comprehensive ethical framework to govern the development and deployment of AI technologies. While innovation holds the promise of transformative benefits, it must not come at the expense of fundamental human rights and dignity. By fostering dialogue and collaboration among stakeholders, we can harness the potential of AI for positive societal impact while mitigating its risks and ensuring accountability.
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Exploring the Marvels and Implications of 'This Person Does Not Exist': Unraveling the Benefits and Ethical Complexities
In the realm of artificial intelligence (AI), "This Person Does Not Exist" stands as a captivating showcase of the technology's prowess. This innovative platform generates lifelike images of individuals who do not exist in reality, leaving users spellbound by its ability to conjure faces with astonishing realism. However, beyond its mesmerizing facade lie a multitude of benefits and ethical complexities that warrant deeper exploration. In this article, we embark on a journey to unravel the marvels, implications, and ethical considerations surrounding "This Person Does Not Exist."
Revolutionizing Visual Content Creation:
"This Person Does Not Exist" revolutionizes visual content creation by providing an endless supply of diverse and photorealistic faces.
Artists, designers, and content creators benefit from the platform's ability to generate unique and high-quality imagery on demand, eliminating the need for costly photo shoots or stock photo licenses.
Fueling Creativity and Innovation:
The platform sparks creativity and innovation by offering an abundant source of inspiration for various projects, from digital art to marketing campaigns.
Users can explore new concepts, experiment with different visual styles, and push the boundaries of artistic expression using AI-generated imagery.
Time and Cost Efficiency:
"This Person Does Not Exist" saves valuable time and resources by streamlining the process of finding or creating visual assets.
Businesses and individuals can leverage the platform to produce compelling content quickly and affordably, enhancing productivity and reducing production costs.
Enhancing Diversity and Representation:
Traditional stock photo libraries often lack diversity in their representation of race, gender, age, and other demographic factors.
AI-generated imagery from "This Person Does Not Exist" offers a more inclusive approach by showcasing a wide range of facial features and characteristics, promoting diversity and representation in visual media.
Advancing AI Research and Development:
The technology behind "This Person Does Not Exist" fuels advancements in AI research and development, particularly in the fields of computer vision and generative modeling.
Researchers can study the underlying algorithms and techniques used in image generation, leading to improvements in AI capabilities and applications.
Privacy and Consent Considerations:
Despite its benefits, AI-generated imagery raises concerns about privacy and consent, as the faces depicted in the images are not based on real individuals.
Ethical questions arise regarding the use of AI-generated images in contexts where consent cannot be obtained,ia face generator such as advertising or political propaganda.
Potential for Misuse and Manipulation:
The ease of creating convincing fake images using AI technology raises concerns about the potential for misuse and manipulation.
"This Person Does Not Exist" highlights the need for safeguards against the spread of misinformation, identity theft, and other malicious activities facilitated by AI-generated imagery.
Impact on Society and Perception:
The widespread availability of AI-generated imagery has the potential to shape societal norms and perceptions of reality.
As AI becomes increasingly proficient at creating lifelike simulations of human faces, it becomes essential to critically examine its impact on identity, authenticity, and trust in digital media.
Conclusion: "This Person Does Not Exist" serves as both a testament to the remarkable capabilities of AI and a reminder of the ethical complexities inherent in its use. While the platform offers undeniable benefits in terms of creativity, efficiency, and representation, it also raises important questions about privacy, consent, and societal impact. As we navigate the evolving landscape of AI-generated imagery, it is crucial to approach its use with caution, responsibility, and a commitment to ethical principles. By fostering transparency, accountability, and dialogue, we can harness the potential of AI technology while safeguarding individual rights and societal values.
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lawrencerr · 4 months
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Unveiling the Power of ChatGPT: A Breakthrough in Conversational AI
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Development and Background of ChatGPT:
ChatGPT is a product of OpenAI's extensive research in the field of artificial intelligence and natural language processing. It's built on the Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT) architecture, which represents a significant leap in machine learning. The GPT AI models, starting from GPT-1 to the latest versions, have progressively increased in sophistication and capability. Chat GPT's development involved training on diverse datasets comprising books, websites, and other texts, enabling it to understand and generate human-like responses in natural language.
How Chat GPT Works:
At its core, Chat GPT uses a transformer-based model, which is adept at handling sequential data, such as text. This model enables it to predict the next word in a sentence by considering the context provided by the preceding words. Through deep learning algorithms, ChatGPT learns patterns and nuances in language, allowing it to construct sentences, paragraphs, and even entire essays that are coherent and contextually relevant.
Applications of ChatGPT:
Chat GPT free has a wide range of applications. It can engage in conversation, answering questions on various topics from science and technology to arts and culture. It's used in educational settings for tutoring, in businesses for customer service, and by developers for coding assistance. ChatGPT website is also capable of creative writing, generating poems, stories, and even scripts. Additionally, it can translate languages, summarize texts, and help with problem-solving in various domains.
Limitations and Ethical Considerations:
Despite its capabilities, ChatGPT AI has limitations. It doesn't have access to real-time information or personal experiences, so its knowledge is limited to what it was trained on and can be outdated. The model can sometimes generate incorrect or biased responses, reflecting biases in the training data. Ethical considerations, such as the potential for misuse in generating misleading information or deepfakes, are also significant concerns.
Impact and Future Potential:
AI ChatGPT represents a significant milestone in AI. Its ability to interact in natural language has numerous implications for how we interact with technology. It offers potential efficiencies in fields like education, customer service, and content creation. Looking forward, improvements in AI models like Chat GPT OpenAI will likely lead to even more sophisticated applications, including more personalized AI assistants, advanced educational tools, and more efficient ways to process and analyze large volumes of text.
Integration with Other Technologies:
The integration of Chat GPT AI with other technologies could lead to more comprehensive AI solutions. For instance, combining Chat GPT with image recognition technologies can create systems that can both understand and describe visual content. Integration with robotics could lead to more advanced and interactive AI-powered robots.
Challenges and Research in AI:
The development of ChatGPT and similar models presents numerous challenges, including computational resource requirements, ethical concerns, and the need for robust and unbiased training data. Ongoing research in AI focuses on addressing these challenges, improving the models' understanding of context, reducing biases, and making AI more accessible and beneficial for diverse applications.
Conclusion: In conclusion, Chat GPT is a powerful demonstration of the capabilities of modern AI in understanding and generating human language. Its development marks. chatgpt free is unlimited free chat ai gpt
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The world is a scary place, Señorita!
In a world where popular faces often serve as masks, concealing the unsettling truths beneath, recent revelations, such as the Epstein List coming to light, force us to confront the darker aspects of society. The exposure of big names associated with malicious deeds unveils a chilling reality – a reality that extends beyond scandalous headlines to the profound trauma endured by innocent children, both mentally and physically.
The term “human trafficking” is frequently heard, but the shocking realization that leaders and lawmakers might be complicit in protecting those who engage in assault and offensive acts against vulnerable individuals adds another layer of disquiet. As global conflicts, like the ongoing Ukraine-Russia, Gaza-Israel, and Suez conflicts persist, it becomes evident that beneath the geopolitical struggles, the arms and ammunition sector thrives, often at the expense of innocent lives.
The question arises – who is truly responsible for the perpetuation of corruption, violence, and various forms of inhumane behavior? The answer points towards a complex network of individuals in positions of power, acting in the interest of lobbies that prioritize their own gains over the well-being of humanity.
The future seems daunting, with the prospect of individuals exploiting systems for personal gain persisting. The allure of wealth blinds some to the ethical implications of their actions, leading to the ruthless exploitation of others. While possessing vast amounts of money may seem like success, the toll it takes on the human soul, burdened with sins, raises a crucial question: is such wealth worth the cost of one’s morality?
Amidst ongoing conflicts and global crises, the need for a deeper examination of the leadership we support becomes paramount. The harsh reality remains – Life is random and the world is a scary place.
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In the vast expanse of the universe, Earth may appear as a mere dot, insignificant in the grand design of cosmos. Yet, paradoxically, the actions and exploitations orchestrated by those in power on this seemingly tiny dot have repercussions far beyond its celestial stature. The creation of artificial conflicts for the promotion of arms and ammunition turns our planet into a pivotal point of concern, overshadowing the cosmic insignificance of our existence.
While the idea of extraterrestrial life might seem like a distant concept, the real challenge lies in addressing the immediate issues at hand. The manipulation of conflicts for personal gain raises questions about the sustainability of our world. The illusionary nature of amassed wealth and the safeguarding of images and secrets paint a grim picture, where the actions of a few wield enormous influence over the destiny of the many.
Amidst this cosmic insignificance, one undeniable truth remains – nothing and no one on this planet is immortal. Not the dinosaurs that once roamed the Earth, and certainly not the leaders in prime positions today. This acknowledgment should prompt reflection on the legacy we leave behind. The current actions and inactions of those in power become the blueprint for the world we bequeath to future generations.
The call for a "better world for future generations" is not just a cliché but a profound responsibility. It requires transcending selfishness, overcoming violence, and dispelling negativity from our daily lives. The hope is that, like the dinosaurs that faded into extinction, the negative aspects of our existence can also vanish. Let us pray for a world that is ever-evolving towards compassion, understanding, and a commitment to ensuring the well-being of future generations. In the face of the vast cosmos, our collective actions on this tiny dot can shape a legacy that transcends the limits of our celestial insignificance.
It is important to give a second thought to an old saying- “all that glitters is not gold.”
It is upto each of us- whether to become a dot that lies beneath the question or the dot that marks the continuity of our existence!
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AI Face Generator Free
In the realm of artificial intelligence, face generation has emerged as a captivating and transformative technology. AI face generators can produce realistic, high-quality portraits of individuals who do not exist in the real world. These AI-generated faces can be employed for a variety of purposes, including profile pictures, social media avatars, marketing materials, and even creative projects.
Unveiling the Wonders of AI Face Generation
AI face generation algorithms employ deep learning techniques to analyze vast datasets of real-world facial images. These algorithms learn the intricate patterns and characteristics of human faces, enabling them to generate realistic and diverse facial features. AI face generators can produce a wide range of facial expressions, ages, ethnicities, and genders, offering users a remarkable degree of customization.
Harnessing the Power of AI Face Generation
AI face generation technology offers a multitude of benefits and applications. Here are some of the key advantages of utilizing AI face generators:
Enhanced Privacy and Security: AI-generated faces provide a valuable tool for protecting individual privacy and security. By using AI-generated avatars instead of real photographs, individuals can safeguard their personal information and maintain anonymity online.
Diverse Representation: AI face generators foster greater representation and inclusivity in various forms of media and creative content. By generating faces from diverse backgrounds and ethnicities, AI can help combat stereotypes and promote a more inclusive world.
Creative Exploration: AI face generation opens doors to limitless creative possibilities. Artists, designers, and individuals can utilize AI-generated faces to create unique and captivating artworks, illustrations, and digital content.
Enhanced Accessibility: AI face generators can provide enhanced accessibility for individuals with disabilities. AI-generated faces can be used to create personalized avatars and communication tools, making online interactions more accessible and inclusive.
Exploring Free AI Face Generator Options
Several free AI face generator tools are readily available, offering users the opportunity to experiment with this technology without financial constraints. Here are some of the most popular free AI face generator options:
Fetor: Fetor’s AI face generator enables users to create realistic AI portraits with a wide range of customization options. Users can specify gender, age, ethnicity, and other facial features to generate unique and personalized faces.
Canvas: Canvas’s AI face generator, integrated within their comprehensive design platform, allows users to generate AI-generated faces directly within their design projects. This feature provides a seamless workflow for incorporating AI-generated faces into various creative endeavors.
Piccard: Piccard’s AI face generator offers a user-friendly interface and a variety of customization options, including hairstyles, facial expressions, and accessories. Users can also apply artistic filters and styles to their AI-generated faces.
Generated. Photos: Generated. Photos provide a straightforward approach to AI face generation. Users can simply enter text descriptions of the desired facial features, and the tool will generate corresponding AI portraits.
Ethical Considerations and Responsible AI Practices
As AI face generation technology continues to evolve, it is crucial to consider its ethical implications and promote responsible AI practices. Here are some key considerations:
Transparency and Bias: AI face generators should be transparent in their algorithms and data sources to minimize potential biases and ensure fair representation.
Consent and Privacy: AI face generation should be conducted with the explicit consent of individuals and with respect to privacy concerns.
Misuse Prevention: AI face generation should be safeguarded against potential misuse, such as the creation of fake identities or the spread of misinformation.
The Future of AI Face Generation
AI face generation technology is rapidly advancing, and the future holds immense potential for further innovation and applications. As AI algorithms become more sophisticated and data sets expand, AI-generated faces will become increasingly indistinguishable from real photographs. This technological advancement will undoubtedly introduce new possibilities and challenges, necessitating ongoing dialogue and collaboration among technologists, ethicists, and policymakers.
In conclusion, AI face generation presents a transformative technology with a wide range of potential benefits and applications. As we harness the power of AI to create realistic and diverse faces, we must also address the ethical considerations and promote responsible AI practices to ensure that this technology serves humanity in a positive and impactful manner.
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Augmented Reality: Transforming Realities, Defining the Future
In the ever-evolving landscape of technology, Augmented Reality (AR) stands at the forefront, reshaping the way we interact with the world around us. From enhancing user experiences to revolutionizing industries, AR has transcended novelty to become a transformative force with profound implications for the future. In this exploration, let's delve into the multifaceted world of Augmented Reality and how it is redefining our perceptions and interactions.
Breaking Down Augmented Reality
At its core, Augmented Reality overlays digital information onto the physical world, seamlessly blending the virtual and real. Unlike Virtual Reality (VR), which immerses users in a wholly digital environment, AR enhances our existing surroundings by superimposing computer-generated content, such as images, sounds, or text, onto the real world.
Enhancing User Experiences: Beyond the Ordinary
AR has found its way into our daily lives, enhancing experiences in ways previously unimaginable. From interactive marketing campaigns and gaming applications to navigation assistance and virtual try-on experiences for retail, AR is making the mundane extraordinary. Mobile devices equipped with AR capabilities have become portals to augmented worlds, allowing users to engage with digital content overlaid onto their physical surroundings.
Revolutionizing Industries: AR's Impact Across Sectors
Education and Training: AR is transforming education by providing immersive learning experiences. From anatomy lessons that bring textbooks to life to interactive historical tours, AR is revolutionizing the way students and professionals acquire knowledge.
Healthcare: In the healthcare sector, AR is being used for surgical navigation, medical training, and patient care. Surgeons can access vital information in real-time, enhancing precision and reducing risks.
Retail and E-Commerce: AR is changing the landscape of retail by offering virtual try-on experiences, allowing customers to visualize products in their own space before making a purchase. This not only enhances the shopping experience but also reduces return rates.
Manufacturing and Maintenance: AR is streamlining manufacturing processes and maintenance procedures by providing workers with real-time information, visualizations, and step-by-step guidance. This improves efficiency and reduces errors.
Entertainment and Gaming: A New Dimension of Play
The gaming industry has been quick to embrace AR, delivering immersive and interactive experiences that captivate players. Games like Pokémon GO brought AR into mainstream consciousness, blending the virtual and physical worlds. AR glasses and headsets are taking this experience to the next level, providing users with a hands-free and fully immersive gaming experience.
The Rise of AR Glasses: Shaping a Wearable Future
The development of AR glasses marks a significant leap forward in the evolution of augmented reality. As tech giants invest in the creation of sleek and functional AR glasses, we stand at the cusp of a new era where the digital and physical seamlessly coexist. These wearable devices promise to revolutionize how we consume information, communicate, and navigate the world around us.
Challenges and Considerations: Striking a Balance
While the potential of AR is vast, challenges exist. Privacy concerns, the need for robust infrastructure, and designing AR experiences that are user-friendly and non-disruptive are considerations that developers and businesses must address. Striking a balance between innovation and ethical considerations is paramount for the widespread adoption and success of AR technologies.
Conclusion: Augmented Realities Unleashed
As we embrace the transformative power of Augmented Reality, we witness a paradigm shift in how we perceive and interact with our surroundings. From immersive gaming experiences to revolutionizing industries and shaping the future of wearable technology, AR is at the forefront of innovation. As technology continues to advance, the boundaries between the real and the augmented will blur, opening new possibilities and realities that redefine the way we experience the world. Augmented Reality is not just a technology; it's a gateway to a future where our realities are, quite literally, augmented.
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zoondia-ae · 6 months
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Google Gemini: The AI Game Changer?
The world of artificial intelligence is constantly evolving, with new groundbreaking models emerging every few months. On December 6th, 2023, Google entered the ring with its most powerful AI model yet, Google Gemini.
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What is Google Gemini?
Google Gemini is a massive multimodal language model (MMLM) trained on a gargantuan dataset of text, code, images, and audio. This unique training approach allows Gemini to achieve impressive feats:
Multimodal capabilities: Unlike its predecessors, Gemini can understand and interpret information across various modalities, making it a truly versatile AI.
Human-like conversations: Gemini has mastered the art of human-style communication, making it capable of engaging in natural and insightful conversations.
Content creation: From writing different kinds of creative content to generating code, Gemini can be your ultimate creative partner.
Data and analytics: Gemini can analyze vast amounts of data and extract valuable insights, making it a powerful tool for businesses and researchers.
API integration: Gemini is designed to be easily integrated with existing tools and APIs, making it a valuable asset for developers.
Benchmarks and Capabilities:
The capabilities of Google Gemini are undeniable. In fact, Gemini Ultra, the most advanced version of the model, achieved a remarkable 90.0% score on the MMLU (massive multitask language understanding) benchmark, surpassing even human experts. This benchmark assesses a model's ability to understand and answer questions on various subjects, including maths, physics, history, law, medicine, and ethics.
Impacts and Applications: Google Gemini has the potential to revolutionise various industries. Here are some potential applications:
Education: Gemini can personalise learning experiences and provide students with real-time feedback and support.
Healthcare: Gemini can analyse medical data and images to assist doctors in diagnosis and treatment planning.
Customer service: Gemini can be used to create chatbots that can answer customer questions and provide support in a natural and engaging way.
Creative industries: Gemini can be used to generate creative content such as music, scripts, and artwork.
Scientific research: Gemini can analyse massive datasets and identify patterns that would be impossible for humans to discover alone. Future of AI:
Google Gemini is a significant leap forward in the field of AI. Its multimodal capabilities and human-like intelligence pave the way for a future where AI can seamlessly integrate into our lives and assist us in countless ways. While concerns about AI safety and ethics remain, Gemini represents a promising step toward a future where AI can be a force for good.
Conclusion:
Google Gemini is a game changer in the world of AI. Its capabilities are truly remarkable, and its potential applications are vast. While the future of AI remains uncertain, Gemini offers a glimpse into a future where AI can empower us to achieve incredible things.
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Mastering the Art of Image Dataset Collection: A Comprehensive Guide for AI and Machine Learning
Introduction:
In the rapidly evolving world of technology, the term "Image Dataset Collection" has become pivotal, particularly in the domains of machine learning and artificial intelligence. This era, often hailed as the age of data, witnesses image datasets as the fuel driving innovations across various sectors. From enabling self-driving cars to navigate through bustling city streets, to assisting doctors in diagnosing diseases with greater precision, the applications of image datasets are vast and transformative.
However, the process of image dataset collection is not as straightforward as it may seem. It requires a careful balance of quantity, quality, and diversity. A dataset with millions of images is of little use if those images don't accurately represent the variety and complexity of real-world scenarios. 
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The Complexity and Significance of Dataset Collection
Collecting image datasets is a task that transcends mere aggregation. It demands a nuanced approach, balancing the scale, quality, and diversity of data. A vast collection of images, while impressive, falls short if it lacks representation of the real world's multifaceted nature. Moreover, the ethical and privacy considerations in this endeavor add layers of complexity, underscoring the societal impact of how these datasets are gathered, utilized, and managed. The methodologies and ethics of image dataset collection have far-reaching implications, influencing not only technological efficacy but also the societal fabric in which these technologies are embedded.
Exploring the World of Image Dataset Collection
This blog aims to provide an in-depth exploration of image dataset collection. We will navigate through its critical importance, inherent challenges, and established best practices. The journey will reveal why a meticulously curated image dataset is invaluable in the AI domain and how it orchestrates the evolution of technology. From ethical data sourcing to the forefront of dataset creation trends, we embark on a comprehensive journey to understand the cornerstone of contemporary AI advancements - the image dataset. Join us as we delve into the multifaceted world of Image Dataset Collection, a key driver in shaping the technological landscape and its societal impact.
Creating Your Own Image Dataset
Offer a step-by-step guide on creating a dataset, starting from defining the objective, data collection, image annotation, to data storage and management.
Discuss tools like Amazon Mechanical Turk for crowdsourcing annotations and platforms like Labelbox for dataset management.
Stress on the importance of dataset diversity, avoiding biases, and representativeness of the real world.
Challenges in Image Dataset Collection
Address issues such as data bias and its impact, using examples like facial recognition systems performing poorly on certain demographic groups due to unrepresentative training data.
Discuss the challenges in data privacy and the balance between data utility and anonymization.
Highlight the difficulty in maintaining dataset relevance over time, especially in rapidly evolving fields.
Best Practices for Dataset Collection
Offer best practices like obtaining clear consent, ensuring data diversity, regularly updating datasets, and adhering to ethical guidelines.
Discuss the importance of data quality over quantity and the role of domain experts in data annotation.
Mention the need for documentation, like dataset datasheets, to ensure transparency about data collection methods, biases, and limitations.
Future Trends in Image Dataset Collection
Discuss emerging trends such as synthetic data generation, which can help create diverse and unbiased datasets without privacy concerns.
Highlight the role of federated learning in privacy-preserving data collection.
Explore the potential of AI in automating data collection and annotation processes.
Conclusion:
In conclusion, the realm of Image Dataset Collection, as viewed through the lens of Globose Technology Solutions Pvt Ltd (GTS), stands at a crucial juncture. The decisions and actions taken now by data scientists, technologists, and policymakers will not only define the future capabilities of AI systems but also shape the ethical and societal context in which these technologies operate.
As we continue to advance in this exciting era of technological growth, let's carry forward the lessons and insights from our exploration, using them to guide the responsible and innovative collection of image datasets. The future of AI and machine learning, and indeed the future of our digital world, hinges on our ability to do so with foresight, responsibility, and a deep respect for the diverse world we are striving to better understand and serve.
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zerogpt1 · 8 months
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Unlocking the Magic of AI Face Generators: Fake People Photos to Creative Possibilities
In the realm of artificial intelligence, advancements have taken us to places once deemed unimaginable. Among these innovations, AI face generators stand out as a testament to the incredible progress made in machine learning and computer vision.
From creating lifelike fake people photos to unlocking endless creative possibilities, AI face makers have captured the imagination of creators and tech enthusiasts alike.
In this blog, we'll explore the world of AI face makers, discussing their uses, the concept of fake people's photos, and the exciting potential they hold.
The Rise of AI Face Generators
Advanced machine learning algorithms power software applications known as AI face generators, random face generators, or AI-generated people creators. These algorithms analyze massive datasets of real human faces to generate entirely new and realistic facial images.
The result is a seamless blend of creativity and realism, offering a wide range of applications that go beyond merely producing fake people's photos.
Creating Fake People Photos
One of the most prominent uses of AI face makers is the creation of fake photos. These images look so convincing that they can easily pass as genuine portraits.
The process involves training random face generators on extensive datasets of human faces, enabling them to generate entirely new faces with various features, expressions, and backgrounds.
While the creation of fake people's photos may raise ethical concerns, it's important to note that the technology itself is neutral. Its application can vary from harmless creativity to more concerning areas like identity theft. Responsible usage is crucial to avoid malicious intent.
Creative Possibilities Unleashed
AI face generators have immense potential beyond the creation of fake people's photos. 
Character Design: In the world of gaming and animation, character design is a critical aspect. AI-generated faces can serve as a starting point for character creation, providing a diverse range of unique and realistic characters.
Marketing and Advertising: Businesses can use an AI face generator from photos for marketing campaigns, creating relatable AI-generated people for advertisements and promotional materials.
Content Creation: Writers and content creators can use AI-generated characters to visualize their stories or concepts, adding depth and authenticity to their narratives.
Prototyping: UX and UI designers can quickly prototype their applications by using AI-generated faces for user profiles and avatars.
Privacy Protection: In some cases, AI face generators from photos can be used to protect the privacy of individuals in photos, replacing real faces with generated ones.
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Exploring AI Face Generators
If you're eager to explore the world of AI face generators, you'll find a variety of tools and platforms available. Some offer free random face generator services that allow you to experiment with creating fake people’s photos and characters.
These platforms often provide user-friendly interfaces where you can fake people's photos features, expressions, and backgrounds to suit your creative vision.
Ethical Considerations
While the potential of AI face-makers is exciting, ethical considerations are paramount. 
Respect privacy: Whenever you use someone's image, even one that artificial intelligence (AI) has created, get their permission first.
Transparency: Clearly distinguish between real and AI-generated content to maintain transparency and trust.
Avoid Malicious Use: Refrain from using random face generators for fraudulent or harmful activities.
Data Protection: Ensure that the data used to train the AI face generator from photos is ethically sourced and doesn't infringe on individuals' rights.
Stay Informed: Keep up with evolving regulations and ethical standards regarding AI-generated content.
The Future of AI Face Generators
As technology continues to advance, AI face generators will likely become more sophisticated, opening up even more creative possibilities.
Whether you're an artist, marketer, writer, or simply curious about the potential of AI-generated people, these tools can help you explore new realms of creativity while keeping ethical considerations at the forefront.
Conclusion:
AI face generators are unlocking the magic of creativity by generating lifelike faces that can be used in various fields. From fake people photos to character design and content creation, these tools are revolutionizing how we approach visual storytelling and design.
As we navigate the ethical considerations associated with this technology, the future holds exciting opportunities for AI face makers to shape a wide range of industries and artistic endeavors.
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Generative AI
Unlock boundless creativity and innovation with the remarkable power of Generative AI. Discover how this cutting-edge technology is reshaping art, design, healthcare, finance, and more.
In recent years, the world of artificial intelligence has witnessed remarkable advancements, and one of the most exciting breakthroughs is Generative AI. This cutting-edge technology has revolutionized the fields of creativity, art, design, music, and beyond, empowering machines to create content that was once solely the domain of human ingenuity. In this blog, we will learn about the fascinating world of Generative AI, exploring its history, principles, applications, and potential impact on various industries.
What is Generative AI?
Generative AI, also known as Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), is a subset of artificial intelligence that aims to generate new data that resembles a given training dataset. Unlike traditional AI, which is designed for specific tasks, Generative AI focuses on creativity and imagination. The underlying principle involves two neural networks working together: a generator and a discriminator. The generator creates new content, while the discriminator evaluates and distinguishes between the generated content and real data.
The Birth of Generative AI
The concept of Generative AI was introduced by Ian Goodfellow and his colleagues in 2014. Their groundbreaking paper on GANs laid the foundation for a new era of machine learning. GANs quickly gained traction due to their ability to generate realistic images, which was an unprecedented feat at the time. Since then, researchers and developers have continued to refine and enhance Generative AI models, leading to increasingly sophisticated and diverse applications.
How Generative AI Works?
The process of Generative AI involves a constant back-and-forth struggle between the generator and discriminator. The generator produces samples, attempting to create content that appears authentic, while the discriminator strives to differentiate between genuine and generated data. As both networks improve, the generator’s output becomes more realistic, leading to a continuous improvement cycle.
Applications of Generative AI
Art and Design:
 Generative AI has opened up new horizons in the art world, enabling artists to explore innovative techniques and styles. It has been used to create stunning paintings, digital art, and even sculptures.
Music Composition: 
Composing music has been a human endeavor for centuries, but now Generative AI can also create original melodies, harmonies, and compositions. It collaborates with musicians and serves as a valuable tool for inspiration.
Storytelling and Writing: 
From generating short stories to assisting in creative writing, Generative AI is making its mark in literature. It provides writers with new ideas and helps them overcome creative blocks.
Video Games: 
The gaming industry has embraced Generative AI to craft dynamic, adaptive game worlds and characters. AI-generated content keeps the gaming experience fresh and engaging.
Fashion and Design:
 In the realm of fashion, Generative AI aids in designing unique patterns, garments, and accessories. It enables designers to experiment with an infinite array of possibilities.
Ethical and Societal Considerations
As Generative AI becomes more sophisticated, it raises important ethical questions. With the ability to fabricate convincingly realistic content, there is the risk of misinformation and fake news. Additionally, concerns about copyright infringement and intellectual property rights arise as AI can replicate existing creations. Society must grapple with these challenges while encouraging responsible use of this technology.
The Future of Generative AI
The potential of Generative AI seems boundless. As technology continues to evolve, we can expect even more advanced and creative applications. Here are some possibilities for the future:
 Personalization: 
Generative AI could revolutionize personalization across various industries. From personalized fashion design to tailored artistic experiences, individuals might witness a surge of AI-created content customized to their preferences.
AI-Augmented Creativity: 
Rather than replacing human creativity, Generative AI might serve as a partner, helping artists and designers elevate their work to new heights by providing fresh perspectives and ideas.
AI for Social Good: 
Generative AI could be harnessed for social good, supporting creative projects aimed at raising awareness about important issues, promoting diversity, and fostering positive change in society.
Generative AI has emerged as a groundbreaking technology with immense potential to reshape the creative landscape. From producing awe-inspiring artworks to composing soul-stirring music, it has demonstrated the power of artificial intelligence to transcend its traditional boundaries. As we move into the future, the responsible and ethical development of Generative AI will be crucial in ensuring that its impact on society remains a force for good. Embracing the collaborative potential between humans and machines, we stand on the brink of an era where imagination knows no bounds and creativity knows no limits. The future of Generative AI is one of boundless possibilities, and we eagerly await the wonders it will unveil.
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