Cultural Embodiment @ The Stoa Is at Noon EST Tomorrow ~ AI "Art"
Let's see what kind of feelings we get from art generated by AI
Dear Friends,
Tomorrow we will gather for another session of Cultural Embodiment @ The Stoa. Our topic is inspired by the recent announcement of an open beta testing period for an AI image-making tool called Midjourney. This topic was suggested to me and I resisted it. Of course, this is my cue that it’s probably the right thing.
I consider myself an artist. As a child, making art was my soul’s refuge. As a teen, I worked in a ceramics studio. In college, I majored in art history thinking I might like to work in museum. I still feel most myself when I am making beautiful things. I love art…deeply.
I am also afraid of AI. I generally try to avoid thinking about it. I don’t trust how it’s being made and who is making it. I can’t imagine many positive scenarios related to AI. I wish I was more open-minded, but the truth is…I feel scared. There is something troubling to me about the idea of machine learning when humans haven’t figured out how to live in harmony!
But, here it comes. I want to take my own advice, my own medicine, and turn towards what is happening. So, maybe art is actually a good place to start.
Tomorrow we will play with generating our own AI art and then we’ll sit with how the whole thing feels in our bodies and within the group field. What does this seem to suggest about art and about the future of AI? Let’s feel our way into it together.