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Steve DiPaola

From the book "Ascenti: Humans Opening to AI"
“Generative AI then widens the environment of creative practice beyond the strictly intentional as there is always some undisclosed element that plays into the interaction which cannot be directly interacted with. This is unlike traditional artistic media such as oil painting where tactile interaction—of brush to canvas, or the multimodality of the scent of paint and the warmth of a beautiful day—is more immediately engaged and embodied into the knowledge of an artist’s personal practice."

Top, “DANCERS ON THE BEACH” Diffusion-based generative and LLM AI systems
Following images: “Hallucinatory Dancer in a Dream” Diffusion-based generative and LLM AI systems

About Steve DiPaola

Steve DiPaola, active as an artist and a scientist, is past director of the Cognitive Science Program at SFU, and leads the iVizLab (ivizlab.sfu.ca), a research lab that strives to make computational systems bend more to the human experience by incorporating biological, cognitive and behavior knowledge models. He has held leadership positions at leading edge companies including Electronic Arts, and Saatchi Innovation. His digital artwork his shown internationally including the MOMA, MIT Museum, The Smithsonian and Whitney Museum of Art.

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