Creative Pattern Recognition
A hybrid publication about artificial intelligence within creative practices.
Creative Pattern Recognition is a hybrid publication that explores the intersection of artificial intelligence and creative practice. The publication covers a wide range of topics such as the role of AI in art and design, addressing the impact and potential of AI on the creative process and practice. It also highlights the opportunities and challenges presented by AI tools, the evolution of the field, and the potential for AI to enhance human creativity and explore uncharted artistic territories. It examines the ethical considerations surrounding AI, including the impact on jobs in the creative field and the importance of demystifying AI to address societal concerns. Through interviews, reflections and analytical pieces, Creative Pattern Recognition provides a comprehensive, situated overview of the current landscape of AI in creative practice, creating a time capsule that captures the contemporary discourse.
The publication was born out of the question of why creatives should even bother working with emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence. By curating different creatives from different backgrounds, the publication tries to formulate an answer. By reflecting and analysing artistic practices, the publication becomes a good starting point for aspiring artists and creatives who want to work with artificial intelligence. Not in the sense of how to apply this technology, but rather what position creatives can take and what philosophical meta-framework creatives can apply to create meaningful artworks.
The publication exists in a hybrid form. This means that it exists as both a website and a printed publication. Using web-to-print technology, the print version is created based on the web version. Because web technology was not designed to create print layouts and documents, there is friction and perhaps even errors. This friction, caused by the transfer of the publication from digital to physical, metaphorically represents the friction between human creativity and artificial creativity, between human intelligence and artificial intelligence.
In addition, AI will play a critical role in the editorial decisions made within the publication. Given the current overuse of chat interfaces as the main way to interact with generative AI, the publication will also exist as a chat interface. By making the publication a database to which the model has access, the model will be able to curate the content of the publication based on search queries provided by the reader. Using a technology called Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), the model can index and “understand” the publication and navigate the reader to articles relevant to their query.
The following 10 creatives contributed to the publication:
- Tom White
- Paul Eßer
- oio
- Gianpaolo Tucci
- Matthias Grund
- Fabian Mosele
- Jumoke Fernandez
- Trudy Painter
- Shariar Assadi
- Max Lambrecht
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The publication will be released at:
https://creativepatternrecognition.net
It was already presented during the following events: