You probably have been feeling only a bit too optimistic currently, then Jakub Koźniewski has obtained simply the best digital artwork set up to convey you down a number of notches. He has developed a set of three giant language mannequin (LLM)-powered items of artwork referred to as Fashions of Disaster that will not give off essentially the most optimistic vibes, however they may undoubtedly get you pondering.
Koźniewski first prompts an LLM to return a set of phrases that describe his present emotions and feelings. Every of the three items then show the outcomes returned by the mannequin on a sequence of 14-segment alphanumeric shows which can be pushed by a Raspberry Pi Pico W. In each case, the LLM’s outcomes are displayed a bit in a different way, and there are some delicate tweaks to the way in which the mannequin is prompted as nicely.
The primary piece known as Temper Swing . It’s a horizontal bar perched on high of a tripod that may rock forwards and backwards because it shows phrases and phrases generated by the LLM. The mannequin was instructed to provide emotional antonyms, in addition to some “in-between” phrases. These phrases are displayed so as, with the bar swinging forwards and backwards to bodily signify the temper swings that all of us really feel once in a while.
Subsequent up is Prepare of Thought , which might be essentially the most interesting of the entire items visually, but additionally essentially the most miserable. It’s a mannequin practice that has been lined with a clean, black floor that has a set of 14-segment shows on its high. Because the practice zooms across the observe, it shows an infinite stream of AI-generated doubts, regrets, and anxieties. Fairly darkish, I do know, however they’re referred to as Fashions of Disaster for a purpose.
Final, however not least, is Rise & Shine , which lastly offers us some positivity… so long as you don’t look too carefully. This piece has a set of eight shows that may slide up and down a board on linear rails, every displaying part of the LLM’s output. On the floor, Rise & Shine seems to be very upbeat, however the mannequin was instructed to provide futile and baffling phrases of encouragement that in all probability received’t do you a lot good.
Whew! Fashions of Disaster is definitely very thought-provoking, however I must go do some soldering or blink some LEDs to neglect about it now. I might have by no means made it as an artist.
Fashions of Disaster (📷: Jakub Koźniewski)
Temper Swing (📷: Jakub Koźniewski)
Prepare of Thought (📷: Jakub Koźniewski)
Rise & Shine (📷: Jakub Koźniewski)
