☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>“Broad didn’t train his <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> on <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Rothko" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rothko</span></a>; he didn’t train it on any <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> at all. By hacking a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NeuralNetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeuralNetwork</span></a>, and locking elements of it into a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/recursive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>recursive</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/loop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>loop</span></a>, he was able to induce this AI into producing <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/images" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>images</span></a> without any <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TrainingData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrainingData</span></a> at all — no inputs, no influences. </p><p>Depending on your perspective, Broad’s art is either a pioneering display of pure artificial creativity, a look into the very soul of AI, or a clever but meaningless electronic by-product, closer to guitar feedback than music. </p><p>In any case, his work points the way toward a more creative and ethical use of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> beyond the large-scale manufacture of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/DerivativeSlop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DerivativeSlop</span></a> now oozing through our visual culture.”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TerenceBroad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TerenceBroad</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/UnstableEquilibrium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnstableEquilibrium</span></a> <<a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/688576/feed-ai-nothing" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theverge.com/ai-artificial-int</span><span class="invisible">elligence/688576/feed-ai-nothing</span></a>></p>