“Broad didn’t train his #AI on #Rothko; he didn’t train it on any #data at all. By hacking a #NeuralNetwork, and locking elements of it into a #recursive #loop, he was able to induce this AI into producing #images without any #TrainingData at all — no inputs, no influences.

Depending on your perspective, Broad’s art is either a pioneering display of pure artificial creativity, a look into the very soul of AI, or a clever but meaningless electronic by-product, closer to guitar feedback than music.

In any case, his work points the way toward a more creative and ethical use of #GenerativeAI beyond the large-scale manufacture of #DerivativeSlop now oozing through our visual culture.”

#Art / #TerenceBroad / #UnstableEquilibrium <https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/688576/feed-ai-nothing>