Part I of our three-part series exploring Artificial Intelligence and text, art and music

Presented by B.Earl, a Hollywood writer and producer who has been involved with AI since 2017, our three part series will explore the polarizing conversation around using artificial intelligence as an artistic companion and creative entity. Over the past few years, AI has become the buzzword in every sector as it challenges how we view our roles as humans within society. It has threatened jobs and economic markets, promising future prosperity through unwavering faith in something that has yet to be proven let alone understood.

The constant alarm being raised by artists and creatives revolves around ownership and copyright as massive amounts of data have been scraped to train these insatiable language and diffusion models. Yet it feels like something we cannot escape. A dream for some, a nightmare for others, the AI movement has become interwoven into our current narrative. We are being forced to face it head-on as the next generation adopts it into their everyday lives similar to how our current generation did with the internet and social media.

Just as the phone camera transformed YouTube, AI’s generative models will continue on this trajectory albeit at an even more accelerated rate. These natural language models will give access to powerful creative tools, allowing for a much greater breadth of visual explorations at an expedited production rate. This comes as a double-edged sword, though, since style without substance has the potential to overwhelm the audience with meaningless slop. Art gives us the ability to see life through a poetic lens, layering meaning within our human wants and needs. When this poetry is lost to a deluge of “content” it all becomes white noise, forcing us to have to focus on what is meaningful.

This series will journey from the written word to the visual pastiche and finally land in the sonic realm, taking us on a tour of what is being currently created as well as the direction we are headed. In B.Earl’s role as the Head of Technology for his Saudi-based studio, WeirdBunch Entertainment, we will examine companies and technologies that he is currently working with as well as integrating into their future production workflows. Join us for this controversial series on AI and Art as we drift off into these mechanical dreams while navigating the recursive hallucinations!