Episode #62: Flat Earth AI Zombies

16/09/2022 31 min Episodio 62

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Episode Synopsis

SHOW THEME
Catherine and James eviscerate flat earth theory and the zombified appetite for "alternate realities" while predicting the future of AI "art".
SHOW NOTES
 - 00:10 - Honey Bear's rescue story!
 - 01:30 - James describes a real dog
 - 02:10 - New format flop
 - 02:30 - TikTok Flat Earth hilarity
 - 03:45 - She gotta be trolling!
 - 05:10 - Reason begone, here comes the wacky!
 - 05:45 - Ignorance or boredom? Who cares!
 - 06:15 - Stupidity rises like cream on social media
 - 07:05 - Does the appetite for "alternate realities" affect how we see art?
 - 07:45 - Colorado State Fair vs. AI generated art
 - 08:05 - AI image generator: Midjourney
 - 10:00 - "Hand of the artist" is now "your mind"!
 - 11:20 - Riffing from Hudson River, but did anyone know (or care?)
 - 14:30 - Questions remain re: digital image sourcing and "sampling"
 - 17:49 - Image synthesis via latent diffusion
 - 18:25 - Search yourself (and your art) LAION-5B
 - 21:10 - Robots are coming for your creativity!
 - 22:40 - Put me in your database and re-use my work!
 - 23:20 - Severed head Phoestivus
 - 26:33 - Interest equals value!
 - 27:50 - "Watching the death of artistry..."
 - 28:20 - Art communities ban AI generated images
 - 29:43 - James looks into an AI crystal ball
 - 31:20 - At last, James is correct!