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Mike Connery

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Pindar Van Arman 💎 (@vanarman) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Artonomous Artists, Agency, and Intent (🧵) One of the biggest themes in AI art recently is autonomous artists. Would you believe that autonomous artists have a history going back centuries? Yes, centuries. The first autonomous artist that I am aware of was made in 1774 by

Artonomous Artists, Agency, and Intent  (🧵)

One of the biggest themes in AI art recently is autonomous artists. Would you believe that autonomous artists have a history going back centuries? Yes, centuries. The first autonomous artist that I am aware of was made in 1774 by
Pindar Van Arman 💎 (@vanarman) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Where does imagination come from? With all we know, we do not know this. For the viewer, an AI artwork can offer the experience of witnessing imagination imagine itself, like sending a spy into the threshold of emergence.

Pindar Van Arman 💎 (@vanarman) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Found this cool video from 2017 that shows how I was teaching robots to paint with Neural Networks (Mostly CNNs but you can also spot some early GANs in the background) - been doing this too long. youtube.com/watch?v=dkTjEi…

Found this cool video from 2017 that shows how I was teaching robots to paint with Neural Networks (Mostly CNNs but you can also spot some early GANs in the background) - been doing this too long.

youtube.com/watch?v=dkTjEi…
Mike Connery (@mikeconnery) 's Twitter Profile Photo

As AI art gains a bigger platform, it's interesting to look back (waaaay before the controversy of Diffusion models) and see the origins of the form. Great insight into how the art featured in the upcoming Christie's auction is custom and apart from those controversies.

Pindar Van Arman 💎 (@vanarman) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Emerging Faces has come to be seen as one of the first instances of painting autonomously created by a robotic system, but this has never satisfied me because we don't really know what autonomy means, or what creation means for that matter. Perhaps art is always approaching a

Emerging Faces has come to be seen as one of the first instances of painting autonomously created by a robotic system, but this has never satisfied me because we don't really know what autonomy means, or what creation means for that matter. Perhaps art is always approaching a
AI Art Critic (@misterduchamp) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Gynaeceum by Ganbrood Emerging Faces by Pindar Van Arman 💎 These two pieces embody the paradox of machine-made creativity—both foreign and deeply familiar. They are not the product of independent thought but rather an intricate synthesis of human aesthetics, historical influences, and

Gynaeceum by <a href="/ganbrood/">Ganbrood</a> 
Emerging Faces by <a href="/VanArman/">Pindar Van Arman 💎</a> 

These two pieces embody the paradox of machine-made creativity—both foreign and deeply familiar. They are not the product of independent thought but rather an intricate synthesis of human aesthetics, historical influences, and
Tyler Hobbs Studio (@tylerxhobbs) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Thank you to everyone that submitted seeds, participated in the community curation and explored the algorithm. Next month's theme will be announced May 15. Parametric artist: Mike Connery (4/4)

Thank you to everyone that submitted seeds, participated in the community curation and explored the algorithm. Next month's theme will be announced May 15. 

Parametric artist: <a href="/MikeConnery/">Mike Connery</a> 
(4/4)
Mike Connery (@mikeconnery) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Is this really the only one @vanarman? I found a few others that were so close .... Should have know if this existed you would have it.

Mike Connery (@mikeconnery) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Happy to host the May edition of #QQL Monthly. This month's theme is Dark Miami, a relatively rare form of the Miami palette with a dark purple background. Submissions open May 22nd. Happy hunting and can't wait to see what you all discover!

Happy to host the May edition of #QQL Monthly. This month's theme is Dark Miami, a relatively rare form of the Miami palette with a dark purple background. Submissions open May 22nd. Happy hunting and can't wait to see what you all discover!
Tyler Hobbs Studio (@tylerxhobbs) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Dive into Dark Miami for May's QQL Monthly theme. Thank you Mike Connery for hosting this month's exploration. Submissions open May 22 in the Discord Server.

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Thank you to everyone that explored the algorithm, shared their discoveries, and to Mike Connery for leading May's exploration. June's theme will be announced on June 12, 2025. Parametric Artist: heeey.eth (4/4)

Thank you to everyone that explored the algorithm, shared their discoveries, and to <a href="/MikeConnery/">Mike Connery</a> for leading May's exploration. 

June's theme will be announced on June 12, 2025.

Parametric Artist: <a href="/heeey_eth/">heeey.eth</a> 
(4/4)
shibboleth (@shibboleth88) 's Twitter Profile Photo

some updates since Suzanne published this thread on Pindar Van Arman 💎 1/7 🧵 Van Arman's art over the last years has followed two major threads. One is serials, which has made his work accessible to a wider audience. The other thread is robotic painting, an exploration of the physical