The topics we're toying with at THE GRAIN
Reading, writing and rhythms of representation
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: The calculations behind a Toys “R” Us commercial made by fiddling with OpenAI’s video tool, how images generated by prompts are simply a mirror of popular tastes, and how the experience of consuming classic literature can be enhanced by having some well-read friends on your phone.
Toys "R" Us's new AI commercial stinks—but that isn't the point
The common belief is that the Toys “R” Us empire originally fell because of online shopping and video games. While those factors decreased their profits, it was a reckless and misguided attempt at going private that over-leveraged the company with insurmountable debt. For the past…
LGBTQ2SIA+AI
“Here's How Generative AI Depicts Queer People,” a recent article from Wired, reported on the experience of prompting Midjourney and DALL-E to generate LGBTQ2SIA+ representation. The resulting depictions were stereotypical: “Queer” and “Nonbinary” resulted in
Can the Rebind AI app save literature?
Last winter, I took it upon myself to read The Gulag Archipelago, the 472-page tome by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn that profoundly describes what it’s like to be a Soviet prisoner in Stalin’s forced labour camps. I’d always wanted to read it—and the time had come. I’d also been experimenting with the
Some other stories I’m following…
Motorola walks the runway with entirely AI-generated campaign [Marketing Dive]
Record labels are suing artificial-intelligence companies. Here’s why that’s important [The Globe and Mail]
Instagram changes ‘Made with AI’ label to ‘AI Info’ after widespread backlash [PetaPixel]
The voices of AI are telling us a lot [The New York Times]
Why doesn't Facebook just ban AI slop like Shrimp Jesus? [Business Insider]
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