what if these systems actually existed?---Amps and speakers built by A.I.

[SheldonSm]

I don't know if anyone will find this interesting and feel free to remove from the forum if this is overly ridiculous but...in case you are not following current trends in images generated by so called "artificial intelligence," allow me to introduce you to something incredibly trippy, kind of stupid and maybe vaguely inspirational?
I have used what is called Dall-E to generate images in response to fairly simple prompts. How it does what it does is way beyond me but with the right prompts you get some really intriguing results.
The images below are entirely invented by the a.i. If you find this disturbing, join the club. At the same time, I can't help but think this might move how I think about the aesthetics of electronics in new directions. Mostly towards ridiculous maximalist designs with way too many knobs on an amp or drivers in a speaker cabinet.
Haven't yet asked the a.i. to actually try to make something that sounds good.

 

[jan.didden]

This is intriguing! What kind of instructions do you need to give. I guess it's a text file?
Can you share a sample?

Jan

 

[SheldonSm]

I'd like to see Erin throw these on the Klippel...
Probably sound best toed out, way out, like away from your ears. But they look cool.
Again, don't ask me how but these are all generated from a seed prompt of the classic altec a-7.

 

[SheldonSm]

The first set I think was something like "full view of a large vintage tube amplifier with multiple tubes and adjustment knobs sitting on a mid-century credenza in a 70's living room in a picture for life magazine"

 

[jan.didden]

Amazing!

Jan

 

[PRR]

This is the current fad. A guy in Colorado primed an AI with 'Théâtre D'opéra Spatial', printed onto canvas, and got a prize in a state fair. Raised a fuss.

Also: 'someone went and built a viral text-to-image tool to generate pornographic images. ...users can choose a series of tags, like "babe" or "chubby," to generate a NSFW image. "....depressing how both the options and defaults replicate a very heteronormative and male gaze." It's unclear how this will affect the sex industry,'
https://www.theregister.com/2022/09/03/in_brief_ai/

 

[planet10]

From an AI art app on my phone/

dave

 

[dkfan9]

This is the current fad. A guy in Colorado primed an AI with 'Théâtre D'opéra Spatial', printed onto canvas, and got a prize in a state fair. Raised a fuss.
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Also: 'someone went and built a viral text-to-image tool to generate pornographic images. ...users can choose a series of tags, like "babe" or "chubby," to generate a NSFW image. "....depressing how both the options and defaults replicate a very heteronormative and male gaze." It's unclear how this will affect the sex industry,'
https://www.theregister.com/2022/09/03/in_brief_ai/

More or less disruptive than the ***tube video sites that I assume strip a lot of money from actors/the production companies who pay them as it is?

NB Sentient AI sex workers will likely be central in humanity's downfall

 

[SheldonSm]

I don't think these are going to win awards but amusing perhaps...these are some results of trying variations on the infamous maxell tape ad.

 

[SheldonSm]

The guy who won the state fair entered his art in the "digital art" category and people complained...hmm, I get why it would set some folks off but, a-it is the "digital" art category and b- I think I'm more worried that this particular set of images was the "best" in the category? How bad was the second best work?

 

[rayma]

I don't think these are going to win awards but amusing perhaps...these are some results of trying variations on the infamous maxell tape ad.

Original was the best.

 

[adason]

I don't think these are going to win awards but amusing perhaps...these are some results of trying variations on the infamous maxell tape ad.

Just make sure you connect speakers in the correct phase 🙂