The State of Artificial Intelligence in Visual Arts [Video]

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Success in creating AI would be the biggest event in human history. Unfortunately, it might also be the last, unless we learn how to avoid the risks.
— Stephen Hawking

People are spending way too much time thinking about climate change, way too little thinking about AI.
— Peter Thiel

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During my internship for a marketing company this winter, I studied the current state of the art artificial intelligence algorithms narrowed down to visual arts applications. While many algorithms are still in their infancy and require enormous computing power, their advances are rapid and accelerating. In the video below, I have compiled the algorithms I found most impressing.

While the above clips only give a tiny glimpse of the possible future, given the speed of change of this technology combined with the ignorance of most politicians, it is difficult to imagine we will not lose control over its use at some point or another. One thing is sure: in the near future the human race will become a lot more powerful, be it for creative or destructive purposes.

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Sources (in order of appearance):

And some more depth on the Obama videos:

 

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