An open-air installation of works created in collaboration between humans and artificial intelligence (AI) can be seen in the Art Walk art arcade on the European Square in Warsaw. The authors of the works are the winners of the 2nd Digital Ars competition of the Digital Poland Foundation. At the ‘Art, Man, AI’ exhibition, visitors can see an animated Mona Lisa and listen to a conversation between two artificial intelligence interlocutors.
Artificial intelligence not only paints pictures but also composes music, writes poems and even books. A revolution in the classical concept of art is taking place before our eyes, which is why the Digital Poland Foundation is organising Digital Ars – the first competition in Poland for visual arts and melodies created by humans in collaboration with artificial intelligence.
“Artificial intelligence is often subtly and almost invisibly beginning to be present in many areas of our lives. We cannot escape technological developments either in social life or in the arts. That is why it is necessary to be open to the new, to trust and sometimes be inspired by what the new artistic medium can offer”, says Dr Katarzyna Stany, a plenipotentiary of the Faculty of Media Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and a member of the Digital Ars Competition Council.
The exhibition proves that AI can create unique works and interpret the works of Leonardo da Vinci or Vincent Van Gogh in a completely new way.
“Art created by AI is distinguished by its unpredictability. Although artificial intelligence is created with a controlled functioning process in mind, the role of the artist is to unleash all the convoluted tangles of the algorithms and subject them to artistic coincidence. Such procedures can result in not only inspiring works but also great discoveries”, emphasizes competition winner Alexander Segieth. His award-winning audio project is a conversation between two artificial intelligence interlocutors, the personal assistants Siri and Google, without human intervention.
Arkadiusz Słomczyński