AI Agents

Aug 13 2022

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AI Agents is a podcast representing a collaboration between the Sia Furler Institute and The Australian Institute for Machine Learning at the University of Adelaide as a part of the Art Intelligence Agency. Through conversational interviews, the podcast explores the intersections of contemporary art and artificial intelligence with a distinct focus on how this relates to human creativity. Hosted by Tim Whiffen of Whimsy Productions, this podcast represents the work of many respected contributors to the Art and AI fields. The possibilities of AI stretch beyond imagination, and yet are limited by the lack of inbuilt imaginative consciousness in machine learning. Follow the series as it distinguishes the prospects from the constraints of this modern technology. Upcoming interviews include creatives, stakeholders, and academics in the fields of philosophy, physiology, art, information technology, and music. Subscribe to the podcast on your favourite podcatcher and consider giving it a review. If you have any feedback, examples or topic suggestions please get in contact with Tim: [email protected].
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Ep 17: Agent Alan Thompson - Do AI Write of Electric Sheep?

Aug 13 2022 25 mins

As you read my words now, the text has been constructed with several decisions about the words, tone, and grammar. While it seems straightforward to articulate this message rationally, it is far from pure reason and is in fact a creative and unique process to write. Can you imagine how machines would choose to write to us? If you haven't already seen an AI send text messages, you m

Ep 16: Agent Ramon Amaro - Can Machines Perceive in Totality?

Sep 16 2021 44 mins

When AI is only worth as much as the algorithms and data it is based upon, what cultural impacts and criticisms are not afforded to what can be deemed objective data? Though we have looked at AI through the disciplines of philosophy, engineering, and art, the humanities have a lot more to do with this field as we increasingly realise the cultural potential (and indeed impact) of ma

Ep 15: Agent Anthony Fraiser - Leveraging AI for Creative Content

Aug 21 2021 24 mins

Would you listen to a story made by a machine? We've discussed how AI can collaborate with humans in art, inspiring some truly great work across mediums. But what happens when creatives take their passion to commercial products, what room is there for AI in commercial innovation? It turns out, a lot! ABF creative is one of the world's first content producers to leverage AI in the c

Ep 14: Agent Marcus du Sautoy - Formulating a Creative Outcome

Jun 26 2021 31 mins

It seems that many people would rather use calculators or employ the services of an accountant than practice the language of mathematics, we've got plenty more fun things to be doing than formal equations. But is this boredom surrounding mathematics due to the language, or the subject of equations? Perhaps grammar is to a poem what math is to AI art. Can we code for creative outcom

Ep 13: Agent Marian Mazzone - When AI Writes the History Books

Jun 04 2021 30 mins

The study of art history brings with it questions of identifying and classifying genres, styles, and interpretations, providing an understanding of art at a sophisticated level. With the emergence of AI within artistic spaces, it has drawn contemporary art historians to consider how aesthetics play into the analytical ‘mind' of a machine processing art. With the new aesthetic

Ep 12: Agent Tim Gruchy Pt2 - Incorporating Technology into Organic Expression

May 20 2021 43 mins

As this series has explored the possibilities of artistic creativity with regard to AI, a common theme arises where AI is unable to self-sufficiently create meaningful work, but with direction from artistic intentions, it can be involved in truly remarkable work. Tim Gruchy is an artist who employs technology for multi-media art in this way. But as Agent Tim Gruchy explores ideas o

Ep 11: Agent Tim Gruchy Pt1 - Complex Experience through the Eyes of AI

May 07 2021 26 mins

As this series has explored the possibilities of artistic creativity with regard to AI, a common theme arises where AI is unable to self-sufficiently create meaningful work, but with direction from artistic intentions, it can be involved in truly remarkable work. Tim Gruchy is an artist who employs technology for multi-media art in this way. But as Agent Tim Gruchy explores ideas o

Ep 10: Agent Tega Brain - Engineering Art for Ecological Needs

Apr 23 2021 23 mins

While data is technically valuable to industry and science, it also makes an amazing subject for artistic exploration and expression. Data is a fantastic way of knowing about something but it is a limited experience of the world. That limitation is a great constraint for the creation of art but is also a fantastic motivation to point out through art. Equally, AI is a great tool to

Ep 9: Agent Lev Manovich - Machines are Already More Creative Than Us

Apr 16 2021 30 mins

Digital culture can be separate from tangible culture but the effects and integration of digital culture make it indistinguishable as we progress further into the 21st century. With constraints like video CODECs, or internet bandwidth, it is strange to think that we participate in cultures through digital means and that this represents our achievements and behaviours. We know there

Ep 8: Agent Ellen Broad - Artificial Human Intelligence

Mar 25 2021 27 mins

AI can be seen as entirely separate or different to human intelligence, but if we consider it deeply, it is only made possible by human intelligence. Is AI just an extension of Humans then? Data policy expert and Senior Fellow at the School of Cybernetics, Ellen Broad, is certain that any faults or success behind AI really indicate human success. The influence of Ellen's book &ldqu