Computers Intelligence (ai) & Semantics
Ascenti: Humans Opening to AI
- Publisher
- Durvile Publications
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2024
- Category
- Intelligence (AI) & Semantics, Digital
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781990735615
- Publish Date
- Apr 2024
- List Price
- $8.99
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Description
“The Ascenti AI Project” is about AI and Creativity. Ascenti: Humans Opening to AI book features a diverse group of professionals, known as “creatives,” who specialize in visual art, writing, photography, audiobook performance, music, and computer games. These individuals experiment by inspiring AI apps to generate works based on prompts derived from their original artworks and writings, then interpret AI’s outcomes. Some of the creatives find that AI provides positive solutions to overcome visual or other challenges they face. Other creatives uncover methods where AI supplements or amplifies their artistic visions. Conversely, there are those who voice AI’s limitations and shortcomings. The Ascenti Project includes the book Ascenti: Humans Opening to AI, the website at ascenti-project.com, and Durvile & UpRoute’s “Ascenti-AI 2024: Symposium on AI and Creative Arts,” held in April, 2024 in partnership with the Calgary Public Library.
About the authors
Lorene Shyba PhD is publisher at Durvile & UpRoute Books and series editor of the Durvile True Cases series.
Dr. James R. Parker is a Professor of Art at the U of Calgary and author of Generative Art: Algorithms as Artistic Tool.
James R. Parker's profile page
Using Cognitive Science as a basis for artistic work, Dr. Steve DiPaola, and his IVIZLAB research team at Simon Fraser University, attempt to model aspects of human creativity in AI. They use Neural Networks (and evolutionary systems) in the form of Deep Learning, CNNs, RNNs and other modern techniques of Generative Design to model aspects of human expression and creativity.
DerRic is a comedian, puppeteer, author, and pro-wrestling promoter. He has appeared in many television productions with APTN (Aboriginal Peoples Television Network) and has won a Gemini Award of Canada as a voice actor. His puppetry has recently been featured in the Fragglerock Television Series.
Editorial Reviews
The cultural and artistic roles of AI have received little attention so far. The Ascenti book is a welcome opening in that direction. It deals with AI used in creating visual arts, literature, and computer games, and analyzes both the new opportunities and limitations in these areas. —Frans Mäyrä, PhD, Researcher of Culture and Society
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