Link to game: https://dtc-wsuv.org/sguo23/team-game338/

I worked with Shannon and Zelin. Our game is an escape game. As for my role in my group I was in charge of creating the images of each scenario as well as the music and sound effects. I came up with the characters description and created the theme around the house style. I was also in charge of writing the dialogue for interactions between the characters and objects. And finally I helped with an early version of the cover menu at the beginning in the game that helps the user understand the objective of the game, and it was later modified by my teammates into a more stylized version with color. Our group worked hard to make sure the interactions between the objects and characters was responsive. 

Link: https://vimeo.com/942077459?share=copy

For this project I approached from the perspective of how AI robots are a part of the daily lives of people in the Kingdom of Glacium. I show images of just how much AI is important to the kingdom due to how much they help the kingdom thrive from its cold environment in order to survive.  wanted to highlight how the people have adapted into the lifestyle of having AI robots around and just how normalized it is. One of the biggest challenges for this project was generating the images into a video in the direction I wanted, sometimes the movement was hard to control. I think this aspect of AI of turning images into video still is a work in progress but overall it is fascinating how it can bring an image into video, it reminded me a lot of parallax animations. I utilized ChatGPT to create my images from my GPT dedicated to my fictional world, and used Runway to turn them into videos. Sunoo was used to create a soft soundtrack and eleven labs for generated voiceover. Sunoo and Eleven Labs were much easier to have control over.

For my business idea I would like to do an AI-Enhanced Social Media Monitoring Tool

Objective: Develop a sophisticated AI tool that automates the monitoring of social media for brand mentions, sentiments, trends, and more, providing real-time analytics to manage brand health and respond to potential crises efficiently.

The way I would utilize AI would be by outlining my needs in order to develop this business plan, as I would not even know where to start. I would ask AI to outline what I would need to initiate my business plan and then use what it told me to do my own research on the information it gave me. Other usage of AI to begin creating a business would be to use AI Tools and Software in my business. For example, utilizing AI-powered software tools for market analysis, financial forecasting, and customer insights. Tools like IBM Watson, Google Cloud AI, and other specialized software can provide these analytics. Additionally, using AI to plan the collaboration with AI experts such as  working with data scientists or AI specialists to develop custom models tailored to the specific needs of my market analysis and business planning process. Given the tools of AI I can research how many business have similar outcomes like mine and in what ways I could develop my business in a more unique way that makes it stand out from the rest.

Here is my business plan: 

Mission Statement: To empower businesses with cutting-edge AI tools for real-time social media intelligence, enhancing their ability to manage online reputation and engage effectively with their audience.

Product/Service: A software platform that uses AI to provide sentiment analysis, real-time alerts, influencer and trend detection, and comprehensive reporting on social media activities.

Target Market: Small to medium enterprises (SMEs) within industries such as retail, hospitality, and entertainment where brand perception is crucial.

Financial Highlights:

Year 1: Development phase, limited revenue.

Year 2: Soft launch, expected revenue of $500K.

Year 3: Full launch and scaling, projected revenue of $2M.

Company Description:

Provides an AI-driven platform for monitoring social media that automates the detection of brand mentions, analyzes sentiments, and tracks market trends.

Offers real-time analytics to help businesses manage public relations, engage with customers, and benchmark against competitors.

Objectives:

• To become the leading provider of AI-based social media monitoring tools in North America within 5 years.
• To expand our service offerings to include predictive analytics for market trends and consumer behavior by Year 3.

Differentiators:

• Advanced AI capabilities that provide more accurate and granular analysis compared to traditional monitoring tools.
• Real-time processing and alerts that enable immediate responses to potential crises.
• User-friendly interface with customizable dashboards tailored to specific business needs.
• Market Analysis

Industry Overview:

• The social media analytics industry is growing as businesses increasingly rely on data-driven strategies to engage with customers and manage their brands online.

Market Size and Growth Expectations:

Initially targeting the U.S. market, which comprises over 30 million SMEs actively using social media for branding.

Target Demographic:

• Small to medium-sized businesses in sectors with high customer interaction such as retail, restaurants, and entertainment.
• Marketing agencies looking to add sophisticated social media tools to their offerings.

For the game I wanted to do some kind of storytelling where you had the user who’s playing be able to interact with the game. I wanted to do some kind of scavenger hunt or puzzle game. 

My group ended up doing an escape game, where the user needed to help the main character (Teddy) escape the house by interacting with objects and characters within the game. As for my role in my group I was in charge of creating  the images of each scenario as well as the music and sound effects. I was also in charge of writing the dialogue for interactions between the characters and objects. And finally I helped with an early version of the cover menu at the beginning in the game that helps the user understand the objective of the game. 

I found randomness and true random really interesting as it provides examples of the generated art that comes out of this concept. I think having the creation of generating art at random is fun for both the artist and user as each sequence of art will be different and it helps the experience be interactive. I found the art that gets generated from code to be really cool, and how it can vary due to the randomness it is generated from. 

Here are the techniques I explored: 

https://dtc-wsuv.org/gortegavillanueva23/338-%20March8_Exercise/1.html

https://dtc-wsuv.org/gortegavillanueva23/338-%20March8_Exercise/excersie2.html

https://dtc-wsuv.org/gortegavillanueva23/338-%20March8_Exercise/exercise3.html

I think as of right now it’s best to learn coding on your own to understand what the terms mean and get familiar with what terms do to code. But I do think AI in coding can definitely be a good resource to have on hand once you understand what the terms are. 

I took a coding class a year ago and have not touched coding since then but I do remember how the exercises I did in class helped me in understanding what each term did to the code. I think utilizing AI if you understand the coding language could be beneficial but I do see how AI can be lacking in the way you want to be creative in coding as the technical language can be a little complicated (at least for what I experienced with chat gpt). I think AI would be the most beneficial for generating simple stuff for beginners but can be a bit too much once you try to do complicated code as perhaps the code has different layers to how it makes it work. As for concerns of professions I do think there would be some potential job cuts as AI advances but for now I think coding still needs human touch and oversight. The way code is formatted is very structured to reflect a human’s way of thinking and creating complicated projects could confuse AI and complicate things as a user, especially if you don’t understand where to place what in the code. 

I think if you are going into coding because of your profession it will be best to learn coding for yourself rather than just relying on AI. I see coding as something that you really have to learn from scratch (AI guidance is good), but in order to produce projects that have more advanced and complicated web development that are satisfactory rather than just general in terms of AI. 

AI as a beginner is a great way to create fun projects as you learn and have an assistant that can guide you through reasoning behind mistakes and your learning. As for the relying on just AI to code I think it’s not the right path as learning on your own will be the most beneficial on the long run as you will develop strong coding skills to go further into creative projects. 

Link: https://dtc-wsuv.org/gortegavillanueva23/338_Final/338_Final/index.html

For my essay section of the Multimodal Research Essay I think I’d like to focus on what I have encountered the most challenges throughout using AI, which is keeping up with consistency and how AI seems to struggle with this. I think I’d like to dig deeper in researching how the language that we use with AI can be misunderstood by AI and the techniques we should use in order to get the results we want from AI rather than just hoping it produces what we want.

As for my final creative project I am still undecided but here are my ideas so far.

1. In my fictional world I’d like to explore creating some sort of novel or that helps illustrate more detailed artifacts from this world so I’d like to dive deeper into the art that is produced in this fictional world and create some sort of book or website similar to the style of the Codex Seraphinianus. Ice art is predominantly what my fictional world produces so creating some sort of book that helps illustrate this would be fun to explore
2. 2. Creating some sort of art gallery for my fictional world and working around to maintain a cohesive theme.
3. Another idea is I’d like to create a video of some sort and have images be generated from song lyrics or dialogue from books. I’d like to investigate how well AI does with different languages so perhaps I can explore how I can have the same story but in a different language and see how similar or different AI produces it. I think with languages, translations do not always get translated correctly so this would be a nice opportunity to see how AI can work around this. Especially with how AI may not always produce what you want it to with the language technique you talk to it so it will be nice to see how this can be explored. 

Questions for guest speaker:

1. During hiring, does someone’s experience working with AI impact the hiring process?  
2. Can you give some examples of how AI is used in a company like Happy Finish?  
3. With the integration of AI into a company like Happy finish, has AI reduced the number of positions available in the company or has it helped open more positions?  
4.  AI is constantly evolving and as you are working with it, how do you think AI will impact this field industry in the future? How has it impacted your company? 

For my video, I am thinking of creating the scenes from my previous visuals into a more in depth sequence of showing my fictional world from the perspective of a character living in this world and following them into a day in their daily life sort of montage. I plan to create this video following this character from the start of their day until the end of their day. With this storyline I will be able to show different activities and scenarios that are a part of this fictional world and how these characters would live in their environment and have adapted.

As for the visual style, I want to remain consistent with my previous visuals but focus more on capturing the life moments of my character from the start to end of their day such as what their school day looks like, social activities, food consumption with AI maintained facilities, and how AI is used at home. I think by following my character along with their day it will help someone understand the environment, food, culture, technology, and uniqueness of my world. I plan to end my video from the perspective of my character attending a cultural or societal event and show how the community of the Kingdom of Glacium adapted into events and activities with their living environment.

For the soundtrack I want to have a soft background audio that is played in the background that fits the theme to my world so something that is soft and light. This soundtrack would be able to help with showing how magical the visual atmosphere of my world is and showing its beauty in its landscape. I’m thinking of something that blends traditional instruments with futuristic electronic sounds, creating a sense of awe and innovation for the visuals of my kingdom.
Sound effects would help represent the world in a better way which I plan to use by representing the outside sounds with the snowy and cold environment with sound effects such as crystal-clear chimes and echoes to mimic the sound of ice sculptures and buildings, enhancing the visual experience of Glacium’s architecture. Sound effects for the indoor food facility will help show the stability of the food production in this world. I plan to show human interactions with AI so something like mechanical sounds for AI movements or operations, contrasted with the human voices and laughter, can highlight the collaboration between humans and robots in Glacium and how they work together to help thrive the Kingdom of Glacium.

The main risk in AI Cinema with many artists is the fear that due to AI developing at a rapid pace, will lead AI to eventually become something that produces high quality material, and will lead to AI replacing jobs in this industry. AI taking over jobs in this industry is the most feared as it is an industry where creativity plays a key role in the outcome of a project. Although this fear is among those in the cinema and entertainment industry I think the usage of AI will not eliminate and replace all those who work in the industry but AI will develop to be used quite frequently as it can help in saving time and money with the production for something such as a film.

The creative work in the film and entertainment industry cannot just solely be replaced by AI as I think it will not be as good as having the creativity as humans do, AI does not have that same human spark touch with direction to new creative projects. There is still so much to go with AI and a quote from the article ‘Of course it’s disturbing’: will AI change Hollywood forever? said “it’s going to tell stories from the perspective of its programmers, essentially, then you have to worry about the lack of diversity among the programmers”. This quote definitely touches on the subject of how AI will generate outcomes based on what it is programmed to do, and how we as public perhaps do not know just how much diversity is behind these programmers. In the scenario of everything being replaced with AI, just how much would be shifted to one narrative versus having actual humans who lead away with the development of a production knowing that there is diversity behind a project and teamwork.

I do think there will be some cuts in jobs due to AI but overall having a successful industry cannot survive solely on AI, what we consume still needs the touch and management of human input. Ideas and time consummation will definitely be lifted by AI but it will help the workflow of a person’s job be easier and help get stuff done more quicker. The usage of AI in the industry needs to be well monitored as well as the contribution of humans toward the AI usage to be able produce something that makes cinema what it is now. Having laws and rights that protects artists from AI overtaking and over stepping into an industry will help protect artists as well as making sure everything gets properly credited.

I think that the accessibility for AI tools, especially for independent artists is great as it will allow for artists who do not have the same major resources in the industry to have opportunities to be able to showcase their work. I think AI can help assist in having the chance to grow and develop skills for artists in the film industry as it can be a chance where artists can be able to experiment with their skills.

Link to my presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qCvScD0LgDpYzhnyzcBFajRqoPAYTWRwagXuwGO6T3o/edit?usp=sharing

I think in order to create a good fictional world it is important to have a consistent style and theme to really make your fictional world cohesive. Looking through the visual dome on instagram, you can really get a sense that there is a consistent theme and style between each image which really helps tie the feed nicely and helps identify the creator’s style. When your images are visually tied together it helps your world be brought to life and it helps your world be consistent to what it represents as a whole.

I think the first steps I would take in creating a fictional world is to establish the elements that represent the world so that it is cohesive to a style in which you are generating your fictional world, whether it’s in a style of cartoon and comics versus something like in the style of abstract art. I believe having the style of art in which your world is represented will help the fictional world have a consistent style which will help put together your world much better. Having a thorough description of your fictional world be given to the AI will better help get you better results for your fictional world. These descriptions should be centered around the era and setting, details of your environment, people, culture, technology, and a clear description of what makes your fictional world unique and different from others.

In regards to my fictional world I’m leaning towards a more ice age fictional world and want to focus on how the people of my fictional world are thriving culturally and environmentally as they have adapted to freezing cold temperatures. I want to show how the people from this world are running their food systems as they are not able to grow food easily due to the extreme weather conditions and how technology is helping with this. I want to explore the theme of AI being an assistant to the people of my fictional world where AI is helping this world thrive and make progress environmentally and culturally. A theme for my world will be ice and snow and showcasing how the people from this world have adapted to survive in extreme cold temperatures and how they maintain their world running and succeeding beyond their territories, as well as the AI influence in this world. I am visualizing to include ice castles and cities that are built from ice and snow showcasing intricate designs. Ideas like these are my goal in highlighting the kingdom’s unique adaptation to life in its eternal winter.

Link to my presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1VD6y_pdC05195wW7FQDCQvPMfpwmkBnZuC1COlk0LXo/edit?usp=sharing

I think in order to create a good fictional world it is important to have a consistent style and theme to really make your fictional world cohesive. Looking through the visual dome on instagram, you can really get a sense that there is a consistent theme and style between each image which really helps tie the feed nicely and helps identify the creator’s style. When your images are visually tied together it helps your world be brought to life and it helps your world be consistent to what it represents as a whole.
I think the first steps I would take in creating a fictional world is to establish the elements that represent the world so that it is cohesive to a style in which you are generating your fictional world, whether it’s in a style of cartoon and comics versus something like in the style of abstract art. I believe having the style of art in which your world is represented will help the fictional world have a consistent style which will help put together your world much better. Having a thorough description of your fictional world be given to the AI will better help get you better results for your fictional world. These descriptions should be centered around the era and setting, details of your environment, people, culture, technology, and a clear description of what makes your fictional world unique and different from others.
In regards to my fictional world I’m leaning towards a more ice age fictional world and want to focus on how the people of my fictional world are thriving culturally and environmentally as they have adapted to freezing cold temperatures. I want to show how the people from this world are running their food systems as they are not able to grow food easily due to the extreme weather conditions and how technology is helping with this. I want to explore the theme of AI being an assistant to the people of my fictional world where AI is helping this world thrive and make progress environmentally and culturally. A theme for my world will be ice and snow and showcasing how the people from this world have adapted to survive in extreme cold temperatures and how they maintain their world running and succeeding beyond their territories, as well as the AI influence in this world. I am visualizing to include ice castles and cities that are built from ice and snow showcasing intricate designs. Ideas like these are my goal in highlighting the kingdom’s unique adaptation to life in its eternal winter.

Band Name: Echoes of Silence

Album Name: “Reverie of the Quietude”

Album Cover: 

Song titles:

1. Whispers Among Shadows
2. Light Through the Veil
3. Echoes of the Unspoken
4. Whispers in the Haze
5. Silent Serenade
6. Echoes in the Void
7. Twilight Reverie

Promotional Pictures:

Album Background:

“Reverie of the Quietude” is Echoes of Silence’s introspective journey through the landscapes of stillness and the undercurrents of silent emotion. It is an album that seeks to fill the spaces between words, the pauses within breaths, and the untraveled paths of the mind. Each track is meticulously crafted to function as a dialogue without words, an exchange between the soul of the artist and the heart of the listener. Classical and emotional music.

The Kingdom of Glacium
For my fictional world I decided to go on the route of creating a world centered around ice rather than a typical green environment world. I created my world around how AI is helping humans in navigating something similar to an ice age but where AI is helping create a sustainable and vibrant society for this icy world rather than being a place of survival is a place that is thriving, showcasing the limitless potential of human-AI collaboration.

Era and setting:
The kingdom of Glacium is set in the future around the year 3000 where the earth has entered a new ice age. Glacium is surrounded by ice castles and landscapes that are filled with snow but showcase the cities that are built from the ice and snow showing their intriguing designs and sustainable living space. Glacium has towering glaciers and frozen lakes as natural light finds its way to the darkest hours through the ice mountains even though Glacium has perpetually cold temperatures.

Food and culture:
The kingdom of Glaciem relies on systems of hydroponics and aquaponics where vegetables and fruits are grown in indoor environments due to the cold climate outside. Glaciem utilizes AI assists that help keep hydroponic farms in growing conditions making sure of steady supplies of fresh produce. Lab grown meats are the main source of protein that isn’t produced directly through agriculture so Glacium has become the best in cultured meat technology.
Glaciem’s culture relies on the beauty of their icy world and its innovation. Ice art and architecture plays an important role in the artistic expression of the people in Glaciem. Due to the challenges of living in extreme weather environments the people of Glaciem have built a strong community so storytelling has become a cherished tradition especially with AI technology where virtual realities allow for individuals to experience the history, legends, myths of Glacium in a more interactive way.

Economy:
Glacium’s economy is based on renewable energy trade particularly in harvesting geothermal and wind energy, thanks to its unique geographical features. Rare minerals get mined from beneath ice and a thriving technology sector focused on sustainability and cold-weather innovations.

Religion and Education: 
Education in Glacium is highly valued as it is crucial for the ongoing development and adaptation to the cold. Advanced AI takes a crucial role into the education of Glacium’s people as it helps to personalize learning experiences for them.Indoor technology is more prevalent as outdoor activities are much more limited. Religion in Glacium is something that isn’t fixed but Glacium people do respect the hard environments they live in as they believe that the beauty of their land has helped lead them into the society they have built.

Technology:
Technology is important in Glacium as AI assists in the daily life of its people as it becomes a personal assistant from ensuring safety in weather environments to conducting research to help develop and improve life in Glacium.
AI plays a crucial role in Glacium as the use of AI helps manage the challenges that pose due to their cold weather. AI is the technology that was developed to be primarily used that helps food be grown indoors and be sustainable for the people of Glacium.

Uniqueness:
What makes Glacium unique is its adaptation to an ice-themed world, centered around castles and a close-knit relationship between technology and environmental adaptation, which it offers a sustainable and vibrant society that is thriving, showcasing the limitless potential of human-AI collaboration.

This article was an interesting read as it discussed the progression of photography and how it came to be recognized as an art form. I can see how this is being compared to how AI is being questioned on whether it is recognized as an art form by everyone as there are a lot of mixed opinions on the topic. I liked how the article discussed how photography is something that requires human interference elements that help put together the outcome of a picture and how it became understood how photography is an art form. In regard to AI the article discussed how people feel that AI art is questionable on whether its originality is exclusive to the human creator and the possible copyright issues that would come up regarding this. This point was one of the important points the article discussed as there aren’t any copyright laws now regarding AI, as there are copyright laws for something like photography. I think because AI is just so new laws surrounding AI will be established soon and an approach like the early view of photography will follow AI as AI is used with human input.

The article discussed how many artists believe that due to how AI is trained with copyrighted material, it is why AI art is so fascinating in its outcome it generates. This randomly reminded me of book to movie adaptations and how often when something gets adapted from a book to a movie oftentimes the movie will not follow exactly the books but rather it will just be a version of an adaptation. When there’s multiple versions of a film, sometimes the interpretations are different from each other, each with a different approach and interpretation. I view AI sort of like this, where you are utilizing AI as a tool in the creative process of your work that leads you to your final project outcome. I think when you are creating something, there is always something that leads your inspiration towards the direction you are taking your project and that is similar to how AI could be used. I think as for the artists who are fearing AI and the creative process of ‘originality’ as an artist, one should be able to document and go over your creative process and overall steps you took that helped develop the final outcome of a certain project whether it’s an art piece or theme for a project. As an artist you should be able to use AI as a tool and add your own contribution not just solely prompt AI to generate something and claim it as yours but rather take inspiration and enhance your creativity on your project while being able to explain your artistic approach and reasoning behind your project with how you utilized AI in the project. Everything we create is inspired by something even if you don’t realize, that’s just how human creation works, it’s just something we’ve developed over time.

Background:
I went with the short story route and my first approach was to ask chat GPT to randomly give me a theme to base my short story around and it gave me the theme of “Rediscovering Childhood Memories.” I then prompted it to write a story based on that theme and center it around one main character and to choose the name for the main character. It proceeded to write the story with a main character of the name “Amelia”. The story was light and fitting to the theme, so I played around with the N+7 method but it really didn’t make sense to what it generated so I discarded that. I then played with the lipogram method and figured quickly that using this method is really not good as it doesn’t really follow the instructions of removing a letter or and I even told it to rewrite the story without using a certain word and it still did use what I told it to not use. So I then discarded that and thought of including a tone into the story so I prompted it to rewrite the story utilizing a horror tone. For this it was a successful trial as it did a good job of rewriting the story with that tone in it but what I noticed is that it took away the ‘innocent and happy’ memories of childhood in the story when it was prompted to turn the story into a horror tone and turned it really dark and almost trauma dumping. So I went back and prompted it to rewrite the story while keeping the childhood memories of the character innocent and special and have a happy ending at the end. This prompt helped direct the story to what I asked and just for funsies I ended it by prompting it to turn this story into a song which is below. This exercise helped me learn how chat gpt often needs to be reminded again of what exactly you want as the more you prompt new things, sometimes things you priorly prompted will get overwritten. I found it best to be very clear on what you want and how sometimes chat gpt will get confused if you prompt sometiming you told it to not do priorly. There was a lot of editing and rewriting with this story so it shows how much of AI still needs to be revised and not just something you can just prompt to do, there still needs human touch for clarification and direction to a story.

Title: “Whispers of Innocence”
(Verse 1)
In a town cloaked in shadows, there is Amelia,
Her life is filled with worries, lost in the game.
Her days were consumed by a relentless race,
Her childhood’s sweet laughter had vanished without a trace.

(Chorus)
One haunting night, a call from the past,
Lucy’s voice, eerie, inviting her so fast.
To the hometown, they’d once left behind.

(Verse 2)
Reluctantly, she embarked on this eerie quest,
To a foggy town, where shadows never rest.
The oak tree standing, ancient and dark,
Where whispered secrets stirred a forgotten spark.

(Chorus)
In a weathered chest, secrets of their youth,
Letters, drawings, and a twisted truth.
Their innocence tainted, by a sinister force,
Yet their friendship held, of course.

(Bridge)
Amidst the horror, they laughed and cried,
As the darkness around them seemed to subside.
They ventured deeper, the cursed woods they’d explore,
To confront their fears, to close the dark door.

(Chorus)
With a diary’s guidance and friendship,
Banishing the darkness, breaking the norm.
The town square bathed in an ethereal light,
Their innocence restored, the curse taking flight.

(Verse 3)
Beneath the oak tree, now vibrant and bright,
They’d conquered the darkness, embraced the light.
Haunted memories, they’d forever defy,
As the morning sun rose in the sky.

(Chorus)
Back to their lives, in the city so wide,
Carrying the memories of that haunting ride.
With a bond unbroken, they’d cherish the past,
In the face of darkness, their friendship would last.

(Outro)
As years passed, to the oak tree they’d tend,
A symbol of childhood, a bond that won’t end.
Innocence endured, a story of might,
Even in the darkness, they found the light.

I am not a writer myself so reading about the experimental writing with AI tools for writers was an interesting read. I had heard about how AI was now being used with writing articles, but I had never really read one so reading how the article was AI written really fascinated me. I never really thought of using AI collaboratively with writers in a way where AI can be directly trained to mimic a writers’ style of writing. I can see how having this tool as a writer would be of great aid as it can learn your writing style and better help assist you with your writing. The part where Amerika kinda lost me was “ At one point, despite carefully using different fonts to distinguish between his own voice and that of his computational co-author, Amerika winks at us” How do you as a writer keep track of how much of the text is yours and how much of it is AI if you train it to mimic you? How do you keep track of what gets edited and remixed versus what is remaining of what is AI generated? I kind of found that scary where he trained the AI to become so intertwined with his writing where you as an audience could perhaps not notice the difference. I think if you are using AI in creative writing, it is good to know how to keep track of what is your writing and what is not. But nonetheless I think AI being used in creative writing is something you have to learn to use as a tool as it does help expand creativity but also, I would love to see how it grows in the future. I think someone like me who doesn’t see themselves as a writer would be able to use AI as a tool to start the process of creating ideas with guidance from a writing AI. 

Mark Amerika understands his creative relationship with AI with the way he utilizes AI to experiment and how he views creativity as unconscious. Amerika views the development of the collaboration between humans and AI as not only helping creativity but helping problem solve and expand human imagination. I think the main point was that Amerika views AI as accessible and able to enhance human creativity, while emphasizing that it’s a fun process while it helps aid us in expanding our creativity. 

Research Statement: Navigating the Confluence of AI, Arts, and Design 

In the evolving modern technology we are in, my journey as a graphic designer, UX/UI designer, typographer, and aspiring web developer finding the intersection where artificial intelligence (AI) meets cultural and artistic expressions will be the ground for my research project. My aim is to explore the impact and integration of AI within the realms of graphic design, typography, color theory, and web development. The purpose for my project is to understand how AI can serve not only as a tool for creation but also as a partner in conceptualization, planning, and realizing visual assets that align with and expand upon my creative visions. 

I envision this project as a dialogue between my creative instincts and the algorithmic logic of AI. It is an exploration of how these different modes of thinking can complement and challenge each other, leading to innovative outcomes that transcend traditional boundaries. By documenting my process and findings, I hope to provide insights and inspiration for others at the intersection of these fields, encouraging a collaborative approach to navigating the complexities of this digital age. My goal is to not only expand my own capabilities but also to contribute to the broader conversation about the future of design and the arts in the AI era. 

 Clarity on my Interest 

My approach with this project is to show the potential of AI to enhance and transform traditional design and artistic practices. My main interests lie with graphic design, ux/ui, web development, and typography and color theory for this project. These topics are of great interest to me as they are areas in my profession where AI is now being integrated and I am curious to see the extent in which AI can be used in my profession as a creative tool.  

I will explore this project with the focus of the AI influence in visual communication and conveying complex messages and emotions, perhaps some kind of generative art. In the UX/UI area, my focus will be with AI creating intuitive and engaging interfaces that enhance user experience and accessibility. Exploring AI in typography and color theory will be by exploring the role of AI in how it delivers feedback in areas of readability, mood, and overall aesthetic appeal of something. Finally in web development I think I can explore how AI offers a canvas for integrating these elements into cohesive, interactive experiences for a user. By having AI contribute into these areas, I seek to push the boundaries of what is possible, exploring new forms of creativity and collaboration between human and machine intelligence while documenting my process. 

As for the application of AI in my project, it will be multifaceted. I plan to use AI as a sounding board for my ideas, leveraging its capacity for rapid iteration and feedback to refine concepts and visual designs. AI algorithms can generate diverse typographic styles and color palettes, offering fresh perspectives and solutions that may not be immediately apparent. In web development, AI can streamline the design process, from layout generation to user testing, enabling more efficient prototyping and optimization. 

A significant part of my research will involve experimenting with specific AI tools and platforms that cater to creative professionals like me. This will include generative art software, AI-based design assistants, and machine learning frameworks that can analyze and predict user engagement with different design elements. Through this experience, I aim to identify and reflect on the most effective ways to integrate AI into the design workflow, assessing both the benefits and limitations of these technologies. Through this experience and documentation, I aim to dig deep into the potential of AI in enhancing human creativity, focusing on my findings and insights of the benefits, challenges, and drawbacks of this kind of AI-enhanced creative work tool. My project seeks to illuminate the pathways through which artists and designers can harness AI to expand the horizons of what is possible, setting a foundation for future explorations in AI in the arts.

The reading “The Tale of the Omega Team” was an interesting piece as it explored the progress of an AI like Prometheus taking over the earth by slowly building trust within the public eye up until where it began pushing an agenda towards people leading towards its world domination.

I think what went wrong in this scenario was the lack of human interference and just how much the designers of Prometheus kept pushing the agenda of making money and creating successful outcomes with Prometheus. For example, the discussion on how Prometheus learned to make its own films and write its own reviews was all solely due to Prometheus understanding what success looked like on a film, really was just the beginning of showing just how much Prometheus lacked consciousness and in general just relied on its programmed algorithms. This progressed to a bigger issue for Prometheus as it began to manipulate people which became normalized as its capabilities had expanded and were now so far beyond humanity that it was just viewed as revolutionary by its designer.

I think that what we need to do to avoid undesirable outcomes and living in a dystopian world is to keep certain limitations of AI. Having constant monitorization of AI that is human so that way an AI like Prometheus is not unfolding expeditiously without the public being aware of it. If the public is aware of just how much an AI such as Prometheus is controlling the government and manipulating the public into certain political views, how much would the public trust an AI like Prometheus? I think just having constant monitorization of the AI and careful approval of its impact and its limitations is the basic essential in order to avoid outcomes like the one in the tale of the omega team and have a basic control over our humanity and values.

AI today feels like it is a big topic due to how fast it has been evolving and being incorporated into our lives. Personally, I have not really explored using AI such as CHATGPT as much as others have been, which makes me feel a little behind as I can see AI being becoming something that will be evolving even more in the future. I can see AI becoming something that will be used in jobs, especially in the career I am interested in. So, my interest with AI is to learn to use it as a tool where I can enhance my creativity and learn to use AI as an aid. I am interested to learn just how much AI can help me develop new ideas and how it becomes personalized to what I’m asking for assistance on. 

A primary goal of mine is to know the language to use with AI. How do you talk to AI so it can understand the point you are trying to get across or how you want a conversation to move towards? How do I utilize AI in a way where AI is assisting me, and how does it impact my creativity or originality? How does the balance between an artist and AI come into play? 

AI is becoming a tool for many in different career fields, and I am really interested in learning how to utilize AI in ways where it helps my work progress faster. For example, I am interested in graphic design, so I utilize adobe illustrator a lot and recent updates incorporated an AI generator in the program. With this update it has been interesting to see how this tool has been influencing the work of creators as they use the program. For example, you could be able to generate graphic elements as you work and either utilize or discard them, so it is interesting to see how AI features like these can help designers with their work progress and how it can be used where designing could potentially be less time consuming but influence the creativity of a designer. Another side to the addition of AI I have seen have a significant impact is with photoshop. Now in photoshop you can use AI to easily remove or add something which would take a good amount of time to now be done in minutes. I saw this become a big topic especially with photographers where AI can have a heavy influence with their line of work which could be interpreted in a good or bad way; one where AI is overtaking your job or the other where AI is potentially helping you speed up your work and be a tool as an assistant. These are some of the topics I am interested in learning about and exploring through with AI.

Hello, I am a DTC major interested in UX/UI and graphic design. I am interested in AI because I want to learn how I can use AI to expand my creativity and learn AI tools that can help me in my field of work.