So freaking speechless right now. Seen many @vercel functions stories but first time experiencing such discrepancy vs request logs like, this is cannot be real??
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I’m exhausted. I think someone well-intentioned passed my photo thru OpenAI’s new image model to show what it can do. And while I appreciate the sentiment, can I just say that as the original artist, seeing stuff like these makes me feel like shit 1/
I did this series when my work wasn’t being accepted & was seen as neither commercial nor fine art enough for either worlds. I shot in my apartment, & flowers were one of the few props I could afford. For this shoot I sat with a team & applied petals onto the model, one by one 2/
The final work is a crystallization of that experience and memory of those times, it’s proof of the days I’d lived.
An AI didn’t sit there placing petals onto my model, and it feels like an insult to the memory when people go “AI can do this!”, like no actually, I did that. 3/
Sat with Ted Chiang at @NeurIPSConf lunch ytd & someone in AI brought up democratizing art-making.
It was a candid chat so I was like, hey, can I just say something?—I really hate the word "democratize" used this way. Just say "automating art-making." It’s more accurate. 1/
Ted put it better than me and asked, "Do you say we should democratize marathon running? Why not?
"If you want more people to run, you don’t give them mopeds." 2/
We had an interesting conversation about the impact of word choice and then went to his afternoon talk, which was a full house!
So which studio will be making the Olympics shooting anime? Pls call me to consult! 😂
I can give info for:
- Born at Olympic shooting range
- Represented team Singapore
- Trained in China & Korea
- Competed in World Cups
- Grew up w Olympians in diving & other stuff like Go 1/
I know my equipment, training camps, the dynamics of travelling to international competitions, and all the stories and romance that come with. 2/
The Luxembourg court has ruled that Jeff Dieschburg infringed upon my copyright when he used my work without consent.
Using a different medium was irrelevant. My work being 'available online' was irrelevant. Consent was necessary. 1/
This win means a lot—not just for me but also for artists & photographers everywhere.
It’s a reminder that copyright protects individuals from those that try to profit off our work without consent.
It reaffirms that our work being online doesn't mean we give up our rights. 3/
For 2 years I’ve been harassed for fighting this because of my gender, my race, my being a photographer.
My home address was doxxed, I was told they'd put me in jail, that I’d kill myself soon. I lost out on work cuz of how it ate away at me. But I didn't want to give up. 4/
8 years ago, Google Deepmind created AlphaGo—an AI that defeated the best human Go player in the world & it shaped how I see art & AI.
In a new interview, Lee Sedol says he wouldn't become a pro again if he had known of AI today. This is heartbreaking— 1/ blog.google/around-the-glo…
Go has always been the most beautiful game to me. The sound of a stone on board, the simplicity of its rules and design. A person's playstyle is an expression of themselves—like seeing an artist's style in a painting—it's personal and meaningful. 2/
Today, no human player has a chance of defeating any of the top AI Go programs. AI is used religiously in professional training, and like it or not, our relationship with Go as an art form has been changed forever. 3/