Artists Working With AI
Artificial intelligence is rapidly overtaking various aspects of life and society, along with transforming the way we think, execute, and create. Even with all the questions posed around its ethical integrity, we can say this for sure, "AI is not here to stay, but it is here to take over."
Here's a list of artists working with AI who have made a substantial difference in the world using art, technology, and certain other non-traditional methods.
Artists Working With AI - Alexander Reben
MIT-trained Robot developer, Alexander Reben, is known for his ironic exploration of humanity through technology. Using tools such as art, technology, philosophy, and psychological manipulation, he attempts to study the course of evolution humans have had with machines, and the consequences this continued cohabitation will lead to.
He has exhibited at various festivals and museums, lectured at prestigious institutes, worked at NASA, and is currently employed by Harvard.
Artists Working With AI - Taryn Southern
One of the earliest creators on YouTube and a celebrated AI artist with millions of views on her online videos, Taryn Southern is also the first person to create a whole AI-composed music album. She has performed at various AI-centric events including VidCon, Google summit, and the New York Times' AI conference. She has also been featured in various magazines and TV shows and has worked on the special effects of some hugely popular movies including Twilight, Avatar, and Hunger games.
Artists Working With AI - Joy Buolamwini
A pioneer in the field of facial analysis technology, Joy Buolamwini is a hardcore activist for women's and gender rights. She uses AI-generated art to highlight the social implications of AI. She's also the founder of the Algorithmic Justice League which attempts to curb the harmful biases in artificial intelligence. Her thesis accounting for the disparities in commercial AI services has been published in a number of countries.
Artists Working With AI - Scott Eaton
An American artist based in London as well as an MIT graduate, Scott Eaton is a pioneer name in the field of digital sculpture. His works explore the representation of human figures through photography and generative AI. He combines traditional sculpting techniques with modern digital tools to create sculptures digitally. In addition to that, he often makes contributions to animations as well. He has received several accolades and collaborates with other artists.
Artists Working With AI - Anna Ridler
Another London-based artist, Anna Ridler works with data sets that she has developed to map the creative potential of machine learning, and how it can be related to drawing and painting. Drawing Sounds, Trace of things, and Mosaic Virus are some of her most popular works. She has exhibited at various places and is the recipient of several prizes.
Artists Working With AI - Sougwen Chung
A Japanese artist, Sougwen Chung, is renowned for using hand-drawn and technologically produced marks to better understand the relationship and communication between people and computers. Her works span sculpture, still images, drawing, and performance. They have been exhibited internationally at various places, and featured in multiple magazines and newsletters. She has also received numerous accolades for her minimalistic yet dramatic art forms.
Artists Working With AI - Wayne McGregor
An award-winning British choreographer, Wayne McGregor, uses artificial intelligence to expand and explore the possibilities of body movements. He experiments with artistic forms, scientific disciplines, and technology for a collaborative outcome. His project Living Archive is the world's first AI tool that generates body movements inspired by Wayne's own archived experience of 25 years, creating a way of communication between dancers and their bodies.
Artists Working With AI - Pindar Van Arman
The inventor of the award-winning project CloudPainter – an autonomous robot capable of painting through user commands, Pindar Van Arman is an AI artist who builds robots programmed specifically to draw various kinds of art. What started with a simple machine to draw lines is now a robot capable of drawing 3D pictures. He has an astounding number of accolades and has been featured in several interviews, conferences, magazines, and TV.
Artists Working With AI - Robbie Barrat
Regarded as a young prodigy in artificial intelligence, Robbie Barrat is an artist whose projects test traditional art's limits and expand neural networks' boundaries. He works with the famous French painter Ronan Barrot. Over time, his AI-generated nude portraits, landscapes, and sculptures have amassed an ever-increasing audience. In addition, his incorporation of neural networks in music, rap music, and video games has also raised interest.