What are the ethical and legal implications of AI art? Okay, now that we’re all experts in how this stuff works, we can turn to the reason I started writing these posts in the first place. A lot of people are wondering “Is using software like Stable Diffusion, DALL-E, and Midjourney ethical?” and “is using… Continue reading Ethics and AI art
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How Does An AI Make Art?
How can a neural net make art? In the previous installments, I wrote a bit about what a neural net model is, how they generate output from an input, and how training works. And now, I’m going to try to explain (briefly) how we get from those building blocks to something that can take as… Continue reading How Does An AI Make Art?
Training AI
How do you “train” an AI to do something? If you haven’t read the previous post, you might want to do so now. So, once you have a neural net configured, how do you decide what weights to assign to all of those connections? This is the process known as “training” the model. Why do they… Continue reading Training AI
How Does AI Work?
How does AI work, anyway? If you haven’t read the previous post, you might want to do so now. Okay, we’re going to get into a little bit of math here, but I promise I’ll try to keep it light. Systems of equations You may remember from Junior High School Math, being presented with sets… Continue reading How Does AI Work?
An Intro To AI And Art
What is “AI”, anyway? There seems to be a lot of discussion swirling around the Internet recently about AI art-generation tools, the ChatGPT chatbot, and the related ethical issues around using them. In the interest of splashing more fuel on the fire, I’m going to write a series of posts on the background of how… Continue reading An Intro To AI And Art