Miss AI arrives to warn us of a creative pandemic
Can we find hope in a photo of Trump?
I'm an art director and photo editor. I'm a mentor, a teacher, a writer, and a public speaker. Just like you, I’ve been increasingly curious about the conversations surrounding creativity and artificial intelligence. I wonder about the impact it will have on my career in the creative industry. I created THE GRAIN to be a platform for meaningful dialogue with critical thinkers, and to share them with you. Leave your comments or write me at ronit@thegrain.ai.
Here are some newsworthy insights I’ve recently shared about the impact of artificial intelligence on our creative industry: How the new iconic photo of Donald Trump makes a case for supporting professional photojournalism, contemplating how the lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic can be applied to conquering our current challenges, and some takeaways from watching the first Miss AI receive her tiara.
There she is, Miss AI, the dreams of a gazillion bytes
She’s beautiful, she’s smart, she’s… artificially generated! Kenza Layli recently won the first Miss AI Pageant, a marketing stunt by creator subscription platform Fanvue. Virtual contestants were not only judged on their beauty and poise, but also social media
AI adoption is a new kind of pandemic for creative media types
I was getting in my steps for a workplace walk challenge when I ran into a friend from a previous media job who was struggling to blow off steam. The past three weeks were full of panic and sorrow after learning she was one of hundreds informed that their job at
'The Triumph of Trump' and the future of photojournalism
We all watched in horror at video footage of Donald Trump being shot during a rally in Pennsylvania, but the iconic still image from the dark historical event came from Associated Press photographer Evan Vucci…
Some other stories I’m following…
Experiment finds AI boosts creativity individually—but lowers it collectively [TechCrunch]
Findings suggest that the produced stories would become less unique in aggregate and more similar to each otherCan AI be an author? Federal Court asked to decide in new copyright case [The Canadian Press]
"It's important at this point, just before this stuff enters the commercial zone in a really serious way, that we get rules down."The AI artist who used Bad Bunny’s voice—and shot to fame [Rest of World]
FlowGPT is also helmed by a visual character as a complement to its futuristic vision of musicSydney Sweeney looks like she’s going to die when her AI-generated picture is revealed [Futurism]
Samsung’s latest AI image generator can turn users' faces into stilted drawings and clumsy 3D rendersEtsy’s latest campaign chooses humans over AI [Creative Review]
“What does a robot know about love?” and then showcasing the passion and creativity of Etsy sellers
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