Ep 6: Agent David Olney - The Merit of Boring AI
Description
So far we've shown some ways in which artists and engineers are using AI in creative ways or in creative processes and it has been a fascinating philosophical journey. In this episode, we bring Agent David Olney (as featured in episode 4) back on the podcast to discuss why AI can be 'boring' and still innovative. High reliability is a quality in contention with creativity in many ways. As a blind academic, David uses AI to get around, assess his surroundings, or even read to him and those processes have to be reliable. These programs aren't creative in conventional ways, they don't interpret art or have creative expression, but designing these programs requires thinking beyond your own limitations, and considering the needs of people with different perceptions of the world.
Find David's work on his website, or follow him on Twitter.
This Podcast was Produced by Tim Whiffen of Whimsy Productions in Association with the Art Intelligence Agency, the Australian Institute for Machine Learning, and the Sia Furler Institute of the University of Adelaide.
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