Art by Humans and Machines
Speaker: Larry O'Gorman, Nokia Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ USA
Abstract: We describe how technology has contributed to the creation of visual art from the time of Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.) in the 1960s to today's era of generative AI. Over this period, the artist's role has evolved from solitary creator to orchestrator of immersive viewer experiences to one where the “brushwork” has been ceded to AI. Examples of artists' works will help us explore the question: whose creation is this – human or machine?
Speaker Bio: Larry O'Gorman is a Fellow at Nokia Bell Labs Research in Murray Hill, NJ. His current work areas include efficient AI and multimedia analytics. He has also taught multimedia security at Cooper Union and New York University.
He has collaborated on the creation of several interactive artworks including, Brooklyn Blooms with NYU at the World Science Festival, 2013; Pixelpalooza with NYU at the Liberty Science Center, 2014-17; Butterflies Alight! with Stevens Institute of Technology, 2015; and Omnia Per Omnia with Sougwen Chung at Mana Contemporary Gallery, 2018.
He has published over 80 technical papers, 8 book chapters, holds over 40 patents, and is co-author of the books, "Practical Algorithms for Image Analysis" (Cambridge University Press), and "Document Image Processing" (IEEE Press). He is a Fellow of the IEEE and the IAPR. He has been on the editorial boards of 4 journals, and has served on US government committees to NIST, NSF, NIJ, and NAE, and to France's INRIA. He received the B.A.Sc, M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Ottawa, University of Washington, and Carnegie Mellon University respectively.
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