Utter that so familiar name – “van Gogh” – and a series of motifs spring to mind: the great artist ravaged by madness, his severed ear, Arles, the Irises and Sunflowers, his brother Theo, his tragic death, the
Thanks Marie. I enjoyed that. My main thought about the ideas was that what they are doing with the AI Van Goth project is that this is really about the AI and not really the artist or his art at all. It is one of the many ways (as you also note) that generative AI is being trained. It is starting to edge over into culture more and more and for me, while I can appreciate AI's role as a helper...for example....in the medical and other professions, I don't like to see it here. It's the uncanny valley that bothers me I think, and the trivialization of someone's humanity and creativity. What next!
Thanks Marie. I enjoyed that. My main thought about the ideas was that what they are doing with the AI Van Goth project is that this is really about the AI and not really the artist or his art at all. It is one of the many ways (as you also note) that generative AI is being trained. It is starting to edge over into culture more and more and for me, while I can appreciate AI's role as a helper...for example....in the medical and other professions, I don't like to see it here. It's the uncanny valley that bothers me I think, and the trivialization of someone's humanity and creativity. What next!
Exactly!