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K Allado-McDowell: On Neural Media

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Apr 10, 2025
K Allado-McDowell, an artist and technologist, dives deep into the realm of Neural Media, exploring how AI challenges our creativity and self-perception. They discuss the evolution of AI-generated art and its implications for identity, referencing the viral 'trippysquirrel.jpg.' Allado-McDowell also highlights the optimism found in the chaos of low-quality AI outputs, suggesting that these new tools can deepen our understanding of ourselves and our interconnected world, blurring the lines between art and technology in transformative ways.
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INSIGHT

Neural Media Framework

  • K Allado-McDowell introduces "neural media," a framework for understanding media's evolution in the age of AI.
  • This framework considers the interplay between AI, brain-computer interfaces, and other neural structures.
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Trippy Squirrel and AI Art

  • In 2015, the leaked image "trippysquirrel.jpg" became the first widely seen AI-generated image.
  • This sparked the Artists and Machine Intelligence program at Google, exploring AI's creative potential.
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Media Types and Identity

  • Broadcast media centralizes space, content, and identity, fostering demographic categorization.
  • Immersive media distributes space, offers experiences, and allows for constructed identities.
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