"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." — Albert Einstein.
In the last few years people talked a lot about how technology can increase and expand human creativity. This has prompted many artists and researchers to develop new tools to allow even those who do not know how to program to use machine learning in their artistic works.
Playform is both a tool for curious experimenters and a studio for non-tech-savvy artists who want to work using deep learning techniques. Born from an idea of Dr. Ahmed Elgammal, Professor at the Department of Computer Science at Rutgers University and founder and director of the Art and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at Rutgers, Playform is specifically designed for the needs of creatives.
[Fig.2] Demo, Video on Vimeo. Credits: Playform
As Dr. Elgammal said in a previous interview with the Digital Journal: “At the design side, we focused on making the user experience intuitive and free of AI jargon.” This means that the platform is trained on artworks from “different epochs, designs, architectural structures and many other creative outputs” and uses optimized generative AI methods that can be trained with much less data, e.g., only tens of images versus thousands of images. It offers also a simple language to avoid confusion on the users’ side.
The Studio invests in selected creatives, offers an exclusive program that includes exhibition opportunities, unlimited training credits and focuses on the artists’ development.
Recently, a Marketplace and Exhibition Space have been added to engage with the audience.
Hopefully this was interesting, as conversations about Art and AI are going on. All the posts are available here on the website at any time, where they are up-to-date. Have a good day.