What's so special about AI generated art? [VQGAN CLIP]
Artificial intelligence is changing our creative process by enabling us to generate hyper-real images. Focusing on VQGAN+CLIP, we explore how it works, why it is connected to semiotics and what are artists currently doing with this algorithm.
Check out my website for a deeper look at my collaborations with AI :
https://www.fabianmosele.com/generating-images-from-text-vqgan-clip
0:00 Intro
1:24 What’s a GAN?
4:23 How does VQGAN CLIP work?
5:37 Semiotics and VQGAN CLIP
9:28 Limits on its dataset
14:13 Limits on its style
16:15 Hyperreality in its essence
19:25 Our AI companion
20:50 Case studies on how artists use it
25:19 Exploitation of image generation
27:49 Ending
LINKS in order of appearance:
OpenAI’s CLIP
https://openai.com/blog/clip/
VQGAN CLIP colab notebook
https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1_4Jl0a7WIJeqy5LTjPJfZOwMZopG5C-W?usp=sharing&pli=1#scrollTo=g7EDme5RYCrt
RuDALLE’s website
https://rudalle.ru/en
RuDALLE Telegram bot
https://t.me/sber_rudalle_xl_bot
Lily Alexandre’s video about AI art
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi4sJEE8wCs
Zybrid studio
https://www.instagram.com/zybrid.studio
Colekush3d
https://ckush.com/
Lambert Duchesne
https://www.instagram.com/lambertduchesne
Monolama
https://monolama.com/en/neuro
Nightcafe
https://creator.nightcafe.studio/
Neural Blender
https://neuralblender.com/
Wombo dream
https://www.wombo.art/
Hypnogram
https://hypnogram.xyz/
MUSIC in order of appearance:
RoccoW - Accidental Skwugg
Strobotone - Cute Winter Game Theme 01
RoccoW - Nontinde Vendor Theme
Soft and Furious - Mermaid Butterfly
Jake Allison - Chizzle Dizzle (bollocks office Remix)
SKGB - My Girlfriend Left Me For a Tentacle Monster
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