Between Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness: The Art of Daniel Ambrosi
Explorations of AI Art — Episode 18
Beth Jochim, Director and Co-Founder at Cueva Gallery. Twitter:@_bblurred
“Beyond pondering the true essence of the natural phenomena that trigger our sensations and perceptions is the more enigmatic question concerning the nature of consciousness itself. Working with artificial intelligence busts that line of inquiry wide open.” Daniel Ambrosi
In the recent years the field of machine learning has advanced enormously and nowadays computers can generate realistic images that do not actually exist, identify people and objects and get very close to mimic human behavior for some tasks. However, artificial intelligence still remains primitive with respect to humans.
In the artistic field, many have started using AI as a tool, medium, artistic collaborator and subject of study. Living in a world permeated by technology this was foreseeable and, after all, inevitable: in our existence, in fact, the boundaries between real and digital are increasingly fainting.
While on the one hand many discussions on artificial intelligence, based on a dystopian scenario, focus on its potential destructive threat and divert attention from other important issues, on the other hand the introduction of this technology in the artistic field opens a potential that goes beyond the imaginable.
Full Interview on Cueva Gallery’s website: https://cuevagallery.com/blogs/explorations-of-ai-art/daniel-ambrosi
