My Fifth Tutorial –

Today I had my tutorial with Betty.  I felt it was a really good session because Betty asked me a number of searching questions.  I thought that I had everything clear in my head about my project, but actually Betty picked up on a number of issues which has given me a lot of food for thought.

Things we talked about included:

• The consideration of those people working in AI who are tagging images and doing all of the ‘heavy lifting’.
• Deciding how much of a platform I would like to give to people (key figures in AI development), who already have a large platform.  Might it be better to look at lesser known people working in the AI industry?
• Why choose to produce a mobile and not a static art piece?
• Where to show my work – would the CSM exhibition count as a public viewing?
• How can I ensure that all elements of the piece are accessible to everyone?

I thoroughly enjoyed my chat with Betty because it was really good to have someone really press me about my work.   There are definitely things I’m going to change as a direct result of what we talked about today.  I also feel more secure now in what I’m doing as a result of our meeting.  One of the nicest ‘take-aways’ from today’s meeting was Betty’s thoughts on AI generated photography, she suggested that I shouldn’t get too down about it because there will always be room for a human perspective.

After feeling quite weary about all of the hours spent on my project, the session today was great, because I now feel like I’ve got my ‘mojo back’ 🙂