Luba Elliott

Luba Elliott is a curator and researcher specialising in AI art since 2016. She works to educate and engage the broader public about the recent developments in AI art through talks and exhibitions at venues across the art, business and technology spectrum including Impakt Festival, The Serpentine Galleries, arebyte, ZKM, The Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, CogX, NeurIPS and ICCV. Her projects include the Unit London exhibition The Perfect Error and the ART-AI Festival in Leicester, UK. She founded the NeurIPS Creativity and Design Workshop and curated the online galleries aiartonline.com and computervisionart.com. She is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the UCL Centre for Artificial Intelligence. Prior to that, she worked in start-ups, including the art collector database Larry’s List. She obtained her undergraduate degree in Modern Languages at the University of Cambridge.

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AI Art: From 2015 till now

On June 26, 2024 at 05:00 PM (UTC+1)

The popularity of AI art has exploded over the past few years. From its beginnings with DeepDream and style transfer to GANs and DALL·E, AI art has long moved beyond technology circles into the public eye, straddling the worlds of media art, contemporary art and NFTs. The contemporary art world's fascination with the social impact of technologies such as facial recognition, recommendation systems and deep fakes has encouraged artists to explore AI critically as subject matter, while NFTs and text-to-image models have shifted the focus back to aesthetics. This talk will give an overview of how artists and technologists are using and thinking about machine learning, its creative potential and societal impact.

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How do you see the role of AI art in addressing social issues such as facial recognition, recommendation systems and deep fakes?

by Viktoria Grigoriev

Given your deep involvement in AI art from its early stages to its current intersection with NFTs and contemporary art, how do you envision the role of AI in shaping the future of creative industries, and what ethical considerations should be prioritized as AI-generated art becomes more mainstream?

by Eduard Krasnov

Given your extensive experience in curating and researching AI art, how do you envision the role of AI art evolving within the broader art world, particularly regarding its impact on traditional art forms and the perception of creativity and authorship?

by Amir Al Nahawandi

Do you think, that every part of culture and music scene is changing because of ki? Is it a better thing for the people to use KI or it is just to make the live easier?

by Charlotte Bettermann

With your background in both curating and researching AI art, how do you see the integration of AI impacting the traditional notions of creativity and authorship in the art world?

by Daniel Wiesenfeld

Do you think the “No = More Time” project would encourage people to lie more often in order to say “no”?

by Mercedes Neuwirth

How do you expect AI Art, which spans from contemporary art to the world of NFTs, to be utilized in the future, and what societal impacts do you anticipate it will have? Additionally, are there any AI tools available for artists who are not familiar with machine learning?

by Daeun Jeong

What challenges and ethical considerations have arisen from the integration of AI in the art world?

by Johanna Fritzmeier

In what ways have contemporary artists critically explored technologies like facial recognition, recommendation systems, and deep fakes in their work?

by Kuan Hua Chen

How has the role of artificial intelligence in the art world changed from the early experiments with DeepDream and Style Transfer to current developments such as GANs and DALL-E, and what social and aesthetic implications does Luba Elliott see in the current use of AI by artists?

by Alisa Valentiner

How do you envision AI shaping the future of the art world, and what are the key ethical considerations involved?

by Junghyun Lee

What are some of the key challenges you face in educating and engaging the broader public about AI art, and how do you address these challenges in your talks and exhibitions?

by Eva Madl

How do traditional art markets and galleries view AI art, and are they adapting to this new form of creativity?

by Marla Ridzewski

What inspired you to transition from working with art collector databases to specializing in AI art?

by Timo Warendorf

What inspired you to focus on educating the public about AI art through exhibitions and talks at diverse venues like Impakt Festival and The Serpentine Galleries?

by Sumin Lee

How do you envision AI art shaping the future of creative industries, and what ethical considerations should be prioritized?

by Sophie Schmitz

Wie hat sich die Popularität der KI-Kunst seit ihren Anfängen mit DeepDream und Style Transfer entwickelt und welche Schlüsseltechnologien haben diesen Wandel ermöglicht?

by Marco Kosa

How do artists and technologists use machine learning creatively, and what social implications does Luba Elliott discuss in her work and projects?

by Marco Kosa

Is it common to use NFTs to certify all kinds of AI art (using block chain technology) or was it a temporary craze that has faded away?

by Antonin Couton

How the ups and downs of cryptocurrentices and NFTs impacted the AI art scene, if at all?

by Téo Sanchez