😛 This week Closed is on the podium, and "Artificial assimilation!" by Bruce Thomas is the featured article.
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Sat 28 December, 12-2:30pm (GMT)

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Art(icles) by art(ists)
Recently we approached a few the people in our life drawing community, and asked them to write about something that matters to them. The depth of subjects and creative voices inpired me to capture and share them on a blog, and promote them as teaser in the newsletter.
Artificial assimilation!
by Bruce Thomas - 1125 words (5 min read)
While exploring the boundaries of generative AI art and the nature of originality, I discovered that while AI can replicate style, it lacks the essense of originality. Something we humans have in spades, *error*.

All of these images were generated by artificial intelligence. Each one was created in under 5 seconds and attempts to mimic my style. This is AI-generated art, and it’s quite astounding. In this experiment, I collected two sets of drawings, each representing a particular style, and uploaded them to a website. The site ingested the original images and analyzed their characteristics—a process known as machine learning. Each image is processed through an interconnected web of mathematical equations, most commonly referred to as a neural network (often mistakenly called “the algorithm”). This initial step trains the network to emulate my style. The learning process took about half an hour per set (I’m not sure exactly, as it happened overnight) ... (continue reading)

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International timetable
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  • London: 12:00 AM
  • Berlin: 1:00 PM
  • Buenos Aires: 9:00 AM
  • Los Angeles: 4:00 AM
  • New York: 7:00 AM
  • Hong Kong: 8:00 PM
  • Tel Aviv: 2:00 PM
  • Melbourne: 11:00 PM
  • Sydney: 11:00 PM