KARYN EASTON
Apr 30
by Karyn in Ai, Animation, Augmented Reality, Experimentation, Film Production, Final Major Project, Final Outcomes, Unit 3 Blogs, Videos 0 comments tags: ai, Animation, Augmented Reality, Experimentation, Film Production, Final Major Project, Final Outcomes, Unit 3 Blogs, Videos

Augmenting the Book

Augmenting the Balance of Power Book – As part of my body of work I felt that it was really useful to produce an explanatory book all about the ‘Balance of Power – Unity in Bits’ mobile.  When I began the journey into the augmentation of the book I hadn’t really planned to shoot many clips, just enough to fill any gaps in my final film (Film Mark 2) and to give a flavour of the fully augmented book.  However, as I began creating each clip I decided to go ahead and augment the full book.  This needed to be done anyway as it will form part of my body of work. Once each of the pages had been augmented with video I decided to run all of the clips together to see how it looked.  What I hadn’t necessarily expected was that the total length of the resulting film was just over 7 minutes.  I wondered therefore, would it be possible to trim and tweak these clips to make the resulting film exactly 5 minutes?  My thinking was that this would afford me yet another possibility in terms of films to choose from. I was also keen to experiment […]
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Apr 15
by Karyn in Ai, Unit 3 Blogs 0 comments tags: ai, Unit 3 Blogs

Artwork Stolen?

Have I been Trained? – I thought this was quite an interesting find.  If you would like to know if any of your artwork has been taken without consent and used in an algorithmic dataset then do a search at ‘Have I Been Trained’. I found numerous photos of mine had been used without permission. It was an interesting exercise to say the least.  Luckily there are tick boxes that if checked will ask for your image to be removed if you so wish.   Taken Without Permission Below are a number of images of mine that came up in the search.  Each image below was shot by me and subject to copyright should I chose to enforce it.  Until I became aware of the ‘Have I Been Trained’ website, I was unaware they were taken or used to train an algorithm.  It was all done without my knowledge or permission.        
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Mar 03
by Karyn in Ai, Opportunities, Threats, Unit 3 Blogs 0 comments tags: ai, opportunities, threats, Unit 3 Blogs

In Other News

Ameca Voice Cloning – There doesn’t seem to be a day going by that doesn’t involve a new announcement about advances in AI.  I wholeheartedly believe that all artists should make themselves fully aware of both the opportunities and threats presented by this. Ameca is a highly advanced robot that I mentioned in my research paper.  Even since writing that paper things have substantially moved on.  Below is a short clip of Ameca speaking using the voices of famous people.  In my opinion to say that we are rapidly approaching a ‘post truth society’ is an understatement.  I think it’s already here.  
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Feb 16
by Karyn in Ai, Research, Unit 3 Blogs 0 comments tags: ai, Research, Unit 3 Blogs

SORA

The Right Choice – Today I made yet another AI discovery called SORA by OpenAI. This completely convinced me that working in the physical (with my mobile) was the right choice. I have used text to video generators in the past, but this software, just like ChatGPT seems to be on another level!  Sadly, I don’t have access to this technology yet as I think it’s currently still in beta testing.  However, as soon as I do I will post an update. I’m actually quite proud to say that having explored AI generated art I am finding a way forward with it. In my original study statement I wanted to explore new forms of human, digital and AI art combined, and I still believe this is a good model for many artists going forward.   SORA Explained Here is an excellent video that sums up some of the capabilities of SORA.  Given the nature of what I’m currently exploring in my project work, this software definitely warrants further exploration.   AI Art Explained I thought that I had already posted this video as it is a particularly useful one. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find it. Given that this post is about […]
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Feb 02
by Karyn in 3d, Ai, Photography, Unit 3 Blogs 0 comments tags: 3d, ai, Photography, Unit 3 Blogs

Athena

Athena the Robot – I decided that I couldn’t launch into my final major project without Athena my robot from Unit 2.  As my work now involves looking at Art from the perspective of a computer or robot, I felt I needed some form of robotic representation in my my final piece. I have made a conscious decision not to use text to image AI art in my work.  Therefore, it was important to have Athena come to life in a very physical way.  Working with 3d printable files from the PIB project. I am collaborating with Jamie Easton to produce my very own 3d printed robot ‘Athena’.  
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