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Event Blog: LASER: De-colonizing AI I attended the event titled LASER: De-colonizing AI which discussed the issues that have evolved around the intersection of artificial intelligence and art. As many of us have seen through the internet are the new incredible things AI can do for art, from photo alteration and generative art. This event explored the concerns surrounding artificial intelligence as it relates to art and people wonder if there should be limits placed. There are also debates on if this artificial generation stunts creativity or if it acts as a spark for creativity, generating ideas to further human creation of art. Amir Baradaran called the art world a fragile ecosystem that AI is invading. One of the major concerns of this AI generation of art is the eurocentricity of it all. There has been a problem with the eurocentricity of art long before AI, as most of all art included in museums are created by white men. Some of the AI softwares that have been popular on the intern...

Extra Credit Blog: LACMA I attended the Los Angeles Contemporary Museum of Art or more commonly known as LACMA which is home to many different exhibits that change every couple of months. Today I visited an exhibit titled Coded: Art Enters the Computer Age, 1952–1982 which explores computer technology through art, from a time before the technology boom. By focusing on the years between 1952 and 1982, we can really see how far we have come and how our technology and art have both grown immensely and flourished during that age and the time to come. This exhibit also displayed the intersection of technology and how it related to the general public displaying fax machines and other devices that were commonplace to humans during this time. The image above features screenprints by Eduardo Paolozzi of geometric patterns fused with popular imagery of the time such as Disney’s Donald Duck or Goofy or Cold War Weaponry. This exemplifies the ideas (people’s entertainment, hopes, and fears) people...