Training software, or machines, to "think" like a human through the use of data

With lots of data, these machines can start to recognize patterns and make predictions and mimic human intelligence - even though it is processing information quite differently

While the data is important, it is meaningless without algorithms...

What Exactly is AI?

What Exactly is AI?

What About Generative AI? 

"photo of a teddy bear riding a

skateboard in Times Square"

"a cute corgi lives in a house made of sushi"

"Jeflon Zuckergates"

So How Does It Work? 

Diffusion Computational Models

Large Language Models (LLM)

DALL-E 2 (OpenAI)

Stable Diffusion (Stability.AI)

Midjourney

So How are People

Using These Tools Now? 

Andrew Kudless

Architectural Visualization

Jason Allen

Digital Painting

Memo Akten

Interactive AI Art

Learning to See: Gloomy Sunday

Distributed Consciousness

Tayo Oke - RIT Industrial Design Student

Product Design

“mycelium slip on shoes with brown rope shoelaces dipped in gold”

Dream Textures

Blender Plugin

Open Scad

Chat GPT to 3D Model

Red Roberts

Film Props / Artifacts

University of Washington Institute for Protein Design

Protein Design and Modeling

A protein diffusion model doing unconditional generation, converting noise into plausible structures

An example of an animated diffusion model of A.I.-generated proteins

Topics for Discussion

1) What role do artists and designers play in this new reality? 

2) How to employ cinematographic techniques strategically

3) How to create a "visual language" for your film 

4) Who "owns" these images and how do we define "authorship"? 



5) How to tell a compelling narrative

6) How to work collaboratively with AI



What Are WE Actually Making in this Studio? 

1) World Building

2) Concept Art

3) Script Passages

4) Promotional Poster

Studio Learning Goals

Exploring Art Direction & Style

Creative Collaboration &

Storytelling with AI

Iterating on Ideas &

Strategic Shot Selection