Color is fascinating! And also, isn't real.
My dog does not find this interesting.
“So take advantage of this human boat. Free yourself from sorrow’s mighty stream! This vessel will be later hard to find. The time that you have now, you fool, is not for sleep!” ― Śāntideva
I recorded this a few weeks ago, my dog is in perfect health now, don't worry! Also, when I recorded this I had no idea where I would be sharing these, so you'll hear me talking about keeping these on Patreon at the beginning. I have been posting these as I make them on Patreon first, but based on the encouragement many of you gave on the first video, I want to share some more publicly! I did try to warn you...
An experimental video. I have a few of these, but I'm sharing this one because I'm curious if you all feel stuff like this fits on the main channel, or if it should be on a separate channel. I have to admit that as of right now, I don't think these belong here, so for now I am keeping these talks on Patreon so I can experiment more freely. Based on feedback there and here, I will eventually release these publicly somewhere, at some point, but I don't know where. If you're interested, there's two more videos in this series already available on my Patreon, you can find them in the collection called "The Deep End".
Watch in HD on YouTube: https://youtu.be/iaE9RQ-djUw
Watch in HD on YouTube: https://youtu.be/9GhbYlCEjh4
Watch in HD on YouTube: https://youtu.be/TEMl6Hq2OUU
Watch in HD on YouTube: https://youtu.be/4MNiQtZLeJk
Follow The Concept Art Association for further news on organizing against AIs, and check out their recent AI town hall video: https://www.youtube.com/c/ConceptArtAssociation/
Equity is fighting against AIs replacing many kinds of artists, their efforts are relevant to all creatives and they have good resources here: https://www.equity.org.uk/getting-involved/campaigns/stop-ai-stealing-the-show/
Know more organizations going against the AIs? Send me links at: stevensketches (at) gmail.com
A transcript of this video is available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/128yey0VfYhM9eUdvkvCpk5zvvoIkqXfI4hEPAYeJCHU/edit?usp=sharing
A site to investigate just one of the LAION data sets to see if you or your art are in there. A note that this site offers to sign you up for a future opt-out product- I have no idea what the nature of that product will be and would urge caution: https://haveibeentrained.com/
Open AI explaining how they invented their legal structure because nothing else worked for them: https://openai.com/blog/openai-lp/
Stable Diffusion release info with no mention of “artists”: https://stability.ai/blog/stable-diffusion-announcement
Imagen release info that explains how the data set it is trained on is “uncurated” and contains “a wide range of inappropriate content including pornographic imagery, racist slurs, and harmful social stereotypes.” This is another page you should do a ctrl-f search for “artist” on: https://imagen.research.google/
Dance Diffusion explanation: https://wandb.ai/wandb_gen/audio/reports/Harmonai-s-Dance-Diffusion-Open-Source-AI-Audio-Generation-Tool-For-Music-Producers--VmlldzoyNjkwOTM1
Example of private medical imagery being used to train the AI: https://www.vice.com/en/article/3ad58k/ai-is-probably-using-your-images-and-its-not-easy-to-opt-out
A great article summarizing the data laundering techniques of AI companies: https://waxy.org/2022/09/ai-data-laundering-how-academic-and-nonprofit-researchers-shield-tech-companies-from-accountability/
California Congresswoman Anna G. Eshoo writes OSTP urging investigation into unsafe AI release models, namely Stable Diffusion: https://eshoo.house.gov/media/press-releases/eshoo-urges-nsa-ostp-address-unsafe-ai-practices
The best non-technical explanation I’ve seen on how diffusion models work: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRHrUyDM/
A good semi-technical explanation of how diffusion models like Stable Diffusion work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CIpzeNxIhU
I did the drawing for this video, “Prey For A Spiritual Creature” on 18”x24” Strathmore bristol paper. From imagination for the sheer love of drawing!
Special thanks to my wife for her help editing the script, to my Patrons for their support, to my friends on my Discord for links, expert info, and first reactions, and to those who get the course, of course.
Watch in HD on YouTube: https://youtu.be/PO8dCW5MpkY
Watch in HD on YouTube: https://youtu.be/DByU5I02uYw
Watch in HD on youtube: https://youtu.be/4nbo1ov5fr0
Watch incredibly in higher incredible res on YT: https://youtu.be/zc4a0BHJ9AU
High res on YT: https://youtu.be/ZVr2Nh6z9OY
Watch in high res on YT: https://youtu.be/KXa08VPUioY
A conversation between close friends about art. Per usual, we touch on all the darkest stuff. On YT: https://youtu.be/y7vQrJd9JZE
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/j7owDV8T37Q This was the first Q&A on the channel.
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/b11vl5z7shY A guided drawing exercise for experiencing flow. This is one of my favorite things I've ever done in my life. Grab a pencil, a sheet of paper, and give it a go.
Watch in high res on YouTube: https://youtu.be/VdxKvcYQyEY. An oldie but a goodie. What exactly is drawing? Well we all know a drawing when we see one, but let's get needlessly philosophical, shall we? This one starts with me wondering why people are subscribed because it was the first video on the YouTube channel, but some people has already subscribed in anticipation.
