Star Trek AI art thread

[publiusr]

My fear is when that next big solar flare comes—people are going to flip out not having high-tech. The war against copper landlines is misguided.

I have a lot of print-outs of art on websites that don’t exist…somewhere.

On compression

Putting the squeeze on computer art

Researchers have demonstrated a novel image compression tool that combines recursive algorithms with convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to out-perform other approaches to the compression of images from computer art and interaction design. The research is published in the International Journal...

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A list of other helps for the artist

Creating your own scale drawings: How to and best tools

How does Affinity Design compare with Illustrator? Chris Very favourably, I would say there are 90% of the features, but its the 90% you actually use! Main advantage, apart from the cost), is its a clean sheet application that doesn't have decades of features added and bolted on, its...

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Virtual markers enable highly accurate multi-animal pose tracking in crowded environments

Studying the social behavior of animals in their natural environments is necessary for advancing our understanding of neurological processes. To achieve this, tracking multiple individuals simultaneously and accurately as they interact in shared spaces is crucial.

phys.org

Steampunk

19th-century press comes to life on Steam through VR experience

Rochester Institute of Technology students are using a new technology to capture an old experience. Their virtual reality app simulates printing on a 19th-century cast iron hand-press that once belonged to British designer William Morris.

phys.org

 

[137th Gebirg]

I think I’d be okay with it. I’ve been working in technology since age 11 (over 40 years ago), yet remember the days before the internet. Hell, I remember rotary phones! I think I’m ready for a more rustic troglodyte way of life. The newer generations, however, will certainly have more destructive withdrawal symptoms. It would certainly be less convenient, but not the end of the world by any stretch.

 

[Tiran O'Saurus]

This thread hasn't had any actual Star Trek AI art on it for pages, but whatever. There are machines now that can build all sorts of objects, but nonetheless people still value "handcrafted" things. I fail to see the difference between a vase and a painting. Pretentious people will spend the big bucks on things drawn by humans, and corporations trying to make their waiting rooms look nice will just print something an AI makes. It's a big enough planet for humans and AIs.

 

[Michael]

This thread hasn't had any actual Star Trek AI art on it for pages, but whatever.

“For pages”? I’m not sure if you’re somehow viewing this thread differently than I am, but I’m on page 10 with this post and there’s definitely some AI stuff being posted on page 9. And even more on the page preceding that one.

There are machines now that can build all sorts of objects, but nonetheless people still value "handcrafted" things. I fail to see the difference between a vase and a painting. Pretentious people will spend the big bucks on things drawn by humans, and corporations trying to make their waiting rooms look nice will just print something an AI makes. It's a big enough planet for humans and AIs.

The obvious difference being that if you 3D print a vase or a building or whatever, it still needed to be designed by a person that had to use their skill, experience, sensibilities and taste to come up with a design and realize it as a 3D file. AI image generation on the other hand works differently: You basically just tell it to give you an image of a vase or an image of a building and it will give you something that’s based on what it thinks that thing you’re asking for looks. You don’t even have to try to be creative yourself.

Oh, and how nice to know that “pretentious people” will continue to see the value in my work as a human artist. What a comfort to know. That’s keying into the respect for artist aspect I was talking about earlier. Could you try and sound any less respectful about what creative people do?

 

[Tiran O'Saurus]

Okay, yeah, sorry, that was a bit harsh. Still, a factory can make a thousand vases in a day. The fact that it takes time to handmake one is what makes those valuable. The same will apply to art, since an AI can make it in seconds while a human has to spend time on their piece. Effort is what makes value, so real art will retain its value.

 

[Gepard]

The same will apply to art, since an AI can make it in seconds while a human has to spend time on their piece. Effort is what makes value, so real art will retain its value.

Human art may survive, but it will become niche, though. How many handcrafted vases do you own?

 

[Tiran O'Saurus]

Yes, exactly. I am giving a prediction, not assuaging concerns. I just don't think that creative work will be "completely obsolete" like the doomsayers say.

 

[Professor Moriarty]

I don’t think it will have time to become completely obsolete. Consider that all of these things are coming together at the same time:

• SORA AI video generation
• Realistic human speech generation
• The US 2024 election
• Half of the United States thinks “fake news” is real news and is the product of a half century of failing to emphasize critical thinking in our public schools

We are so terribly, terribly boned.

 

[CuttingEdge100]

Bringing maps to life:
https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-3d-digital-lost-neighborhoods.html
Imagine strapping on a virtual reality headset and "walking" through a long-gone neighborhood in your city—seeing the streets and buildings as they appeared decades ago.

I'd almost swear I heard somethinga bout this a couple years back. Maybe I'm wrong, it wouldn't be the first time I made an error.

Pretty much, yeah. And it’s darn depressing how much people in general are welcoming of the technology. Even some of my creative colleagues are either outright embracing it somehow or have just surrendered to its inevitability and are laughing it off. Me personally, I think it’s just scary.

So, create some arguments why it's bad.

But make sure the arguments grab hold of emotion: I'd go with fear, indignation or anger since those usually work well.
Also think a few steps a head since there's some people who will say "that's progress" and "you can't stop progress" or something along those lines.

It's a dumb argument since progress isn't always good: It's advancing towards a goal – the goal need not be good or bad.

 

[publiusr]

It isn’t just images anymore:

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-03-openai-unveils-voice-cloning-tool.html

Image modification has been around a very long time.

Voice emulation actually frightens me more.

Gaming news

GameNGen

Diffusion Models Are Real-Time Game Engines

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Photogrammetry

International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Website of ISPRS - International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

www.isprs.org

For tricorder displays

A Web-Based Graphics Editor For Tiny Screens

These days, adding a little LCD or OLED to your project is so cheap and easy that you can do it on a whim. Even if your original idea didn’t call for a display, if you’ve got I2C and a …

hackaday.com

Light Brite Turned Sci-Fi Console On The Cheap

Generally, the projects featured on Hackaday actually do something. We won’t go as far as to say they are practical creations, but they usually have some kind of function other than to sit th…

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Dynamic 3D displays: Rare-earth glasses offer vivid, tunable colors

The limitations of two-dimensional (2D) displays in representing the depth of the three-dimensional (3D) world have prompted researchers to explore alternatives that offer a more immersive experience. Volumetric displays (VDs), which generate 3D images using volumetric pixels (voxels), represent...

phys.org

 

[Praetor]

Voice and image recreation of a real person - dead or alive - is utterly terrifying.

 

[137th Gebirg]

Just in time for an election year!

 

[publiusr]

It looks like AI is indeed making the ships a bit better

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Now you can think and make art

Mind-reading AI turns thoughts into pictures with amazing accuracy

This study explores the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in decoding brain signals to reconstruct visual stimuli.

interestingengineering.com

A tool against deep fakes?

Is ChatGPT the key to stopping deepfakes? Study asks LLMs to spot AI-generated images

When most people think of artificial intelligence, they're probably thinking of—and worrying about—ChatGPT and deepfakes. AI-generated text and images dominate our social media feeds and the other websites we visit, sometimes without us knowing it, and are often used to spread unreliable and...

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Another resource

Framework for solving parabolic partial differential equations could guide computer graphics and geometry processing

Computer graphics and geometry processing research provide the tools needed to simulate physical phenomena like fire and flames, aiding the creation of visual effects in video games and movies as well as the fabrication of complex geometric shapes using tools like 3D printing.

phys.org

New research could make weird AI images a thing of the past

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has notoriously struggled to create consistent images, often getting details like fingers and facial symmetry wrong. Moreover, these models can completely fail when prompted to generate images at different image sizes and resolutions.

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xAI Image Generation is Vastly Improved | NextBigFuture.com

Image generation for xAI is vastly improved.

www.nextbigfuture.com

Controversy

Creative progress or mass theft? Why a major AI art auction is provoking wonder—and outrage

Thirty-four artworks created with artificial intelligence (AI) have gone up for sale at Christie's in New York, in the famed auction house's first collection dedicated to AI art.

phys.org

 

[Ogrebear]

Officers of the Fleet, made using CivitAI.

 

[publiusr]

Here are some AI ships on the web:

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Now it seems movies can be made from stills:

Meta’s new “Movie Gen” AI system can deepfake video from a single photo

A future where realistic video fakes are easy and plentiful seems inevitable.

arstechnica.com

—and text

https://www.axios.com/2024/10/04/google-ai-podcast-notebooklm

So even a crashing bore like myself can seem lively

More

TCL TVs will use films made with generative AI to push targeted ads

TCL to “heavily promote” original short films with gen AI animation, characters.

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[137th Gebirg]

When I first viewed that picture, I thought, "Well that's petty cool!" Then I saw it... That one little thing...

 

[Ogrebear]

Klingon officer in the TNG period.

 

[137th Gebirg]

That actually looks pretty damn good!

 

[The Lensman]

It looks like AI is indeed making the ships a bit better

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Sorry, but this video is garbage and illustrates the problem with these AI vids. The ship, as well as the uniforms, are different from scene to scene and the fact that the....people requesting generation (I'm not calling them artists) aren't striving for consistency is just beyond lazy.

As for the future, here's whats going to happen with AI, whether it's images, music, voice work, movies....whatever. There will be so much, you will be buried under a mountain of all of those things and good luck trying to make a name for yourself because there will be thousands of things generated in all of those fields on any given day the easier it gets to do it. There used to be a "crap filter" that allowed the people that were both talented and dedicated to their craft to stand out. AI removes the crap filter so that no one will rise to the top and we'll be bombarded with tsunamis' of images, music, movies, etc.

 

[scragnog]

Klingon officer in the TNG period.

which model is this? It's absolutely nailing that TNG-era look.