Nov. 7/2018
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Coding by Harold Cohen, studiointernational.com
In October 2018, the first piece of computer-generated artwork for sale by a major auction house – a soft-focus portrait created by a so-called Artificial Intelligence – fetched a winning bid of $432,500 by an anonymous buyer phoning in to Christie's in New York.
Signed by the artist, min G max D Ex[log(D(x))] + Ez[log(1-D(G(z)))], the curio was expected to fetch $7,000 to $10,000…
“Can artificial intelligence produce a masterpiece?” asked the New York Times.
What happens when our cameras – like much of the infrastructure and society around us – run on code? Is the photographer the sole creator of the resulting image? Or should it be co-signed by the camera as an essential collaborator?
… I’m talking about resistance that works, a revolt that cannot fail, a revolution that may come in time. I’m talking about inflicting long-overdue ego erasure on a man who fears this most of all…
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2 short excerpts from my upcoming book, Dreamstates:
Words to ponder…
"No free-man shall be taken or imprisoned, or dispossessed of his free tenement, or liberties, or free customs, or be outlawed, or exiled, or in any way be destroyed; nor will we condemn him, nor will we commit him to prison, excepting by the legal judgement of his peers, or by the laws of the land. To none will we sell, to none will we deny, to none will we delay right or justice. (Magna Carta, 1297)
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