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Would love to see some of his paintings, let me just google "AI chimp painting" .. oh..

fyltr 9mo ago
There are some of them in this article https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10329-017-0604-0 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10329-017-0604-0
- mrintegrity 9mo ago
  Thanks, they seem like more than just random splashes of color.. possibly I'm anthropomorphising but it feels like it was straining to draw something specific like a young child would.
  - baxtr 9mo ago
    It’s hardly distinguishable from modern art though!
  - shevy-java 9mo ago
    Yes, same with Koko. I think they do not fully understand art and abstraction, nor profits made by good art. It is too abstract. They can, however had, understand sign language and symbol language, and basically that art is also an abstraction. Will probably take a while before we can identify abstract art by apes.
  - falloutx 9mo ago
    Hey, she did her best.
  - c22 9mo ago
    I agree there is intent there, but it doesn't look like an effort to draw a still life, more like the chimp was fascinated with the patterns and techniques it could manipulate.
  - numpad0 9mo ago
    I've found another[1] on a blog post[2], captioned as follows: Frontispiece 1. Art drawn by chimpanzee Ai using sharpies(Saito, 2008)[p.19] Frontispiece 2. Art styles of 4 adult chimpanzees(Saito, 2008). Guess which one was by Ai[p.20] Not sure what the background of the author is, but this essay/lecture note discusses ego or literal self-awareness of apes contrasted against human children, using quotes from books. Apparently apes don't exhibit explosive growth of vocabulary, show use of syntax etc etc, and are therefore not able to acquire language. The post later also argues their ego may be on the edge of formulating but must be weak/incomplete. There's also magazine excerpt[3] on a page on relevant Kyoto University research center comparing an inpainting task done by a chimpanzee and a human child of 3 years old, showing that chimpanzees can only recognize and trace existing patterns, whereas kids go and complete the face with eyes, nose and mouth. 1: https://kyoikugenri2019.up.seesaa.net/image/2017-10-132018.11.52.jpg 2: https://kyoikugenri2019.seesaa.net/article/471281414.html 3: https://www.wrc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ja/publications/AyaSaito/kagaku084.html
ii41 9mo ago
Ai is a she. Ai is a common given name for girls in Japanese.
- Natfan 9mo ago
  and this, folks, is why they/them exists.

fyltr 9mo ago

There are some of them in this article https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10329-017-0604-0 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10329-017-0604-0

mrintegrity 9mo ago
Thanks, they seem like more than just random splashes of color.. possibly I'm anthropomorphising but it feels like it was straining to draw something specific like a young child would.
- baxtr 9mo ago
  It’s hardly distinguishable from modern art though!
- shevy-java 9mo ago
  Yes, same with Koko. I think they do not fully understand art and abstraction, nor profits made by good art. It is too abstract. They can, however had, understand sign language and symbol language, and basically that art is also an abstraction. Will probably take a while before we can identify abstract art by apes.
- falloutx 9mo ago
  Hey, she did her best.
- c22 9mo ago
  I agree there is intent there, but it doesn't look like an effort to draw a still life, more like the chimp was fascinated with the patterns and techniques it could manipulate.
- numpad0 9mo ago
  I've found another[1] on a blog post[2], captioned as follows: Frontispiece 1. Art drawn by chimpanzee Ai using sharpies(Saito, 2008)[p.19] Frontispiece 2. Art styles of 4 adult chimpanzees(Saito, 2008). Guess which one was by Ai[p.20] Not sure what the background of the author is, but this essay/lecture note discusses ego or literal self-awareness of apes contrasted against human children, using quotes from books. Apparently apes don't exhibit explosive growth of vocabulary, show use of syntax etc etc, and are therefore not able to acquire language. The post later also argues their ego may be on the edge of formulating but must be weak/incomplete. There's also magazine excerpt[3] on a page on relevant Kyoto University research center comparing an inpainting task done by a chimpanzee and a human child of 3 years old, showing that chimpanzees can only recognize and trace existing patterns, whereas kids go and complete the face with eyes, nose and mouth. 1: https://kyoikugenri2019.up.seesaa.net/image/2017-10-132018.11.52.jpg 2: https://kyoikugenri2019.seesaa.net/article/471281414.html 3: https://www.wrc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ja/publications/AyaSaito/kagaku084.html

ii41 9mo ago

Ai is a she. Ai is a common given name for girls in Japanese.

Natfan 9mo ago
and this, folks, is why they/them exists.