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 #VQGAN #VideoEssay