The hottest AI Art Substack posts right now

Datasets as Imagination

Reboot • 16 implied HN points • 02 Sep 23

Well-made datasets are considered works of art
Current datasets are often exploitative of artists for creative work
Artist datasets provide new opportunities for creativity and income, while offering a more intentional and ethical approach to AI art

This Thursday: Joy and ethics in making AI art

ART⋂CODE • 9 implied HN points • 24 Jan 24

🎨 Art & Illustration AI Art Ethics Online Event

Discover the ethical and joyful aspects of creating AI art
Using personal data in AI models can lead to more personal and unique artwork
Exploring the intersections of ethics, art, and reality within AI creations

AI art challenges meaning in a world of illusion

Mind Prison • 16 implied HN points • 30 Jun 23

🎨 Art & Illustration AI Art Creativity Authenticity Productivity AI Impact

AI art challenges traditional concepts of art creation and appreciation.
AI may lead to a shift in the value and role of human creators.
The rapid advancement of AI in art creation poses questions about authenticity, adaptation, and productivity gains.

How (Not) to Look at AI Art

Reboot • 16 implied HN points • 04 Jun 23

🎨 Art & Illustration AI Art Art Critique Machine Learning Generative models Visual Culture

Generative AI art raises questions about artistic value and human intent.
There are concerns about biases and oversimplification in AI-generated art.
AI art challenges traditional interpretations and requires critical engagement.

An Interview with Ben Street, Art Historian

Syntopikon • 13 implied HN points • 19 Apr 23

🎨 Art & Illustration Art history AI Art

Art can be enjoyed by anyone, anywhere it's found - in real life, print, or virtually.
Authorial intent in art isn't more important than how viewers interpret it; the artwork belongs to the viewer too.
The high prices some artworks command do not reflect their intrinsic value; art and money operate on different systems of value.

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Cosmic Insignificance Therapy

ART⋂CODE • 6 implied HN points • 31 Mar 23

🎨 Art & Illustration AI Art Generative AI Abstract art

The video showcases a journey from micro to macro using StyleGAN AI models
The abstract forms in the video hint at string theory and higher-dimensional universes
The exploration of AI's struggle to create photorealistic images reveals insights into human perception

AI Art

tsalikhov • 1 HN point • 27 Feb 23

🎨 Art & Illustration AI Art

AI art market has seen significant growth in the last 12 months.
Early innovators of AI art are likely to see increased value as the market expands.
Over 3,000 collectors have spent $20M collecting AI art.

Introduction to AI Prompting and Generative Art

The Fantasy Console Club • 0 implied HN points • 12 Jul 23

🎨 Art & Illustration AI Art Generative Art AI Tools Case Studies Creative Process

AI prompting is like directing a play for AI models.
Generative art involves AI taking over creation based on defined rules.
AI-generated art is gaining recognition and value in the art world.

Pixelated Illusions

A Human Future • 0 implied HN points • 13 May 23

🎨 Art & Illustration Virtual reality Human connection AI Art

Living in a virtual world felt freeing and connected.
Virtual experiences started feeling artificial over time.
Longing for authentic human connections grew stronger.

Failing to communicate makes art

Imagination Rabbit (Z) • 0 implied HN points • 11 Jan 24

🎨 Art & Illustration Self-Expression AI Art Creativity Spirituality

Art can express things in a unique way that words or actions may fail to convey.
Avoid attaching judgments like success or failure to your art for true self-expression.
AI art may lack personal expression, but it can be useful commercially if used alongside your authentic artistic work.

What is Canadian content if Canada has no identity, and AI is creating art?

Michelle Rempel Garner • 0 implied HN points • 07 Feb 24

🎨 Art & Illustration AI Art Government intervention

Canada's federal government is struggling to address emerging social questions amidst multiple crises.
Artists like Grimes are exploring the impact of AI on art and urging policy considerations.
Trudeau's post-nationalism stance has influenced Canadian art and challenged the concept of 'Canadian content.'

Notes from a Lost Future of AI Art

Cybernetic Forests • 0 implied HN points • 13 Nov 22

🕹 Technology AI Art Image Generation Model Training Data processing Creative Process

Generative adversarial networks (GANs) were used in AI art and photography to understand the fundamentals of AI image generation, before being largely replaced by Diffusion models.
To be an AI photographer, learn what the AI requires to work efficiently, take numerous photographs (500-1500), and capture the space around interesting elements to create patterns.
After obtaining a dataset of images, cropping, rotating, and reversing them can significantly increase the dataset size, leading to different outcomes when training a model, which can be done efficiently using tools like RunwayML.

Jeremiah Currier: Visualizing "Hyperstructures"

Do Not Research • 0 implied HN points • 15 Oct 22

🎨 Art & Illustration Visual art AI Art Digital Art

Jeremiah Currier visualized 'Hyperstructures' using AI art for a Zora Discord server competition
The artwork features interdependent floating greenhouses in the ocean with a densely populated human habitat inside
The AI art was chosen by the Zora community to be featured in their upcoming physical zine

Fighting Against Generative Art is Futile

The Future of Life • 0 implied HN points • 11 Apr 23

🎨 Art & Illustration Generative Art Digital Art AI Art Art Criticism

AI art is quickly getting better and could surpass human art. It's not worth arguing that human artists are always better because AI can improve rapidly.
Generative art can create infinite variations based on a single prompt. This raises questions about what makes an artwork valuable when there are so many similar pieces.
AI can make original art, not just copy others. Even though it learns from existing art, it can mix ideas in new ways, much like how writers use language.