📱 Best TED Talks on AI in Art: Part 2

📱 Best TED Talks on AI in Art: Part 2

We’ve curated a fresh selection of TED talks for you. This weekend, discover what artists think about the role of AI in art.

1️⃣ “The Weird and Wonderful Art of Niceaunties”
⏰ 11 minutes
🎙 Speaker: Niceaunties

A designer from Singapore, Niceaunties quit her job to become an artist. She explores how AI can reinterpret the role of “aunties” in modern society, blending pop culture, humor, and technology. Using tools like Midjourney and DALL·E, she creates surreal images where aunties become symbols of care and creativity.

2️⃣ “Pixels and Principles: The Ethics of AI Art”
⏰ 14 minutes
🎙 Speaker: Melody Liu

Melody Liu, a digital artist and co-founder of the Digital Illustration Association, delves into the ethics of generative art in the AI age. She examines the intersection of technology and creativity, raising critical questions about human identity and the uniqueness of artistic expression. Liu emphasizes the importance of copyright protection and proposes legal mechanisms for fairly compensating artists whose work is used to train AI.

3️⃣ “What Happens When Art Meets AI?”
⏰ 14 minutes
🎙 Speaker: Benedikte Wallace

Benedikte Wallace, a Ph.D. researcher at the University of Oslo, shares her journey from struggling with mathematics to using AI for creative expression. She describes her computational creativity project, where she trains AI to dance using deep learning techniques and motion capture data.

➡️ Find the first selection here.

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