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  1. Exploring the Intersection of Technology and Art Education with Ryan Patton

    Some time ago, I had the privilege of speaking with Professor Ryan Patton about digital and art education. He shared many fascinating insights—read them below. Ryan Patton Ryan Patton is an associate professor and undergraduate program director of Art Education at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). With a career spanning over two decades, Ryan has become a leading voice in exploring the dynamic intersection of technology and art education. His research and teaching delve into the evolving role of digital media, human-computer interaction, and the ethical and educational implications of integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into the arts and education. In this…

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  2. AI MIXEI?!

    What colonialism does is cause an identity crisis about one's own culture. Lupita Nyong'o Colonialism is the cousin of slavery. Chadwick Boseman K eskustelu koneoppivista algoritmeista (esim. OpenAI:n chatGPT ja Dall-E2, Stability AI:n Stable Diffusion sekä Midjourneyn oma algoritmi) on viime aikoina porissut niin opetuksen kuin kulttuurinkin saralla ja vuoroin on pelätty ja vuoroin neuvottu miten nuo uudet algoritmit valjastetaan käyttöön. No, tässä tekstissä kehotan miettimään tätä koko soppaa ja nostan pöydälle muutaman seikan miksi meidän ehkä ei pitäisi ottaa näitä palveluita käyttöön ja pelkäämisen sijaan kohdentaa näihin toimijoihin suoraa kritiikkiä. TLDR; Ai miksei AI, no koska se on epäeettistä…

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  3. NO! My data can not be used to train AI models!

    There has been rapid development in machine learning models recently. The scientific achievements are in many ways impressive and valuable (Gupta et al., 2022; Ardila et al., 2019). However, some of the development has been more focused on commerce, i.e. selling different products based on these trained models. Lensa AI , for instance, is a smartphone app that creates AI images based on your selfie. They sell ”magic avatar packs ” for 5€ and also require membership. Other similar image-alteration or text-to-image products ask for equal payments, and some stock image banks have started selling AI-generated images. Even though a…

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  4. AI, Cows and earthworms, with holiday book recommendations!

    In a recent episode of Finnish podcast Herrasmieshakkerit (Gentleman hackers) , there was an interview with Arttu Lehmuskallio, the head of Finnish National Cyber Security Centre, who briefly discussed how cows have about five computers each. As I am sitting and writing this with my laptop and only have two other computing devices with me (my clock and my phone), I am feeling a bit jealous. Whether the cows surf the Intermoo or watch the Cowflix or not, this bit of information goes to show how digital processes envelop even the picturesque image of a pure countryside and the milking…

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  5. The Death of AI art

    From: Tomi Slotte Dufva Subject: The Death of AI Art Format: A̶S̶C̶I̶I̶ HTML+js+god nows what the webpages use these days Average Reading Time:Time will tell. Signal to Noise Ratio: Only known by algorithms Rating: adult Genre: provocation (copycat) The recent trend with technology is to bet heavily on Artificial Intelligence. From automating tiresome factory jobs, AI is now moving into more cognition demanding jobs. Not only truck or taxi drivers are threatened, but doctors, nurses, and many others as well. Similarly, art and design worlds are preparing for the new intelligent era. Behind these near-future visions lies a plethora of…

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  6. Contempora intearther -machine interprets my dissertation and end of the year musings about AI

    One of the big things in digital technology this year has been the advancements in AI and in particular in machine learning (ML). A lot of great and exciting things has been written about them this year. From the almost incredible mind-reading AI to dystopian visions and further. Despite, AI and ML are producing novel ideas and applications, in some way the current hype of AI and ML reminds me of the hype of big data, or digitalisation, just a while back. The idea remains the same, but the buzzword has just changed. Art has not been left out of…

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  7. Misrecollection of forgetting’ -The absent minded programmers guide to machine learning

    “Programming is forgetting” teaches Allison Parrish, an NY-based artist, and programmer (Parrish, 2016). What she means is that by translating functions, actions and material into the digital world by programming we make compromises and forget the complexity of the world. Such accommodation is essential; otherwise, it would be very hard to create any digital programs. For instance, translating sound into digital form means choosing what components of the sound are vital and what are not. Same goes for digital photographs. We have to choose what is essential in the sounds or images and then translate that into repeatable procedures and…

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  8. Grasping AI systems

    Together with Mikko Dufva , I have started working on a project that handles the disconnect between the sophisticated digital systems and the experience of them. In particular, we focus on the new artificial intelligence systems that are being brought into many fields of society -including education. This research project is a continuation from our article “Grasping the Future of Digital Society” that introduced the concept of digi-grasping and our view of embodied digitality. That article is accepted to the Futures-journal and will soon be published. However, below is our abstract and slides from Fera-conference on education , held at…

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