Ep 6: Agent David Olney - The Merit of Boring AI

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AI Agents

University of Adelaide

17 episodes

8 months ago

AI Agents is a podcast representing a collaboration between the Sia Furler Institute and The Australian Institute for Machine Learning at the University of Adelaide as a part of the Art Intelligence Agency. Through conversational interviews, the podcast explores the intersections of contemporary art and artificial intelligence with a distinct focus on how this relates to human creativity. Hosted by Tim Whiffen of Whimsy Productions, this podcast represents the work of many respected contributors to the Art and AI fields. The possibilities of AI stretch beyond imagination, and yet are limited by the lack of inbuilt imaginative consciousness in machine learning. Follow the series as it distinguishes the prospects from the constraints of this modern technology. Upcoming interviews include creatives, stakeholders, and academics in the fields of philosophy, physiology, art, information technology, and music. Subscribe to the podcast on your favourite podcatcher and consider giving it a review. If you have any feedback, examples or topic suggestions please get in contact with Tim: tim@whimsyproductions.com.

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Ep 6: Agent David Olney - The Merit of Boring AI

AI Agents

30 minutes 53 seconds

4 years ago

Ep 6: Agent David Olney - The Merit of Boring AI

So far we've shown some ways in which artists and engineers are using AI in creative ways or in creative processes and it has been a fascinating philosophical journey. In this episode, we bring Agent David Olney (as featured in episode 4) back on the podcast to discuss why AI can be 'boring' and still innovative. High reliability is a quality in contention with creativity in many ways. As a blind academic, David uses AI to get around, assess his surroundings, or even read to him and those processes have to be reliable. These programs aren't creative in conventional ways, they don't interpret art or have creative expression, but designing these programs requires thinking beyond your own limitations, and considering the needs of people with different perceptions of the world.

Find David's work on his website, or follow him on Twitter.

This Podcast was Produced by Tim Whiffen of Whimsy Productions in Association with the Art Intelligence Agency, the Australian Institute for Machine Learning, and the Sia Furler Institute of the University of Adelaide.

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