Tag Archives: Art

Generative AI: The Speed of Curiosity

Posted on April 24, 2024 by julianstodd

What i’ve really noticed using Generative AI in research is the speed of my curiosity. Not simply speed of retrieval, but speed of synthesis and iteration. It reminds me of the process of marking up a large illustration, where you … Continue reading →

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Too Busy To Think

Posted on March 19, 2024 by julianstodd

I’ve been busy and, hence, the work of thinking has taken a back seat. So today i’ve forced myself into a deliberately slow piece of work. Creating an illustration for the Learning Science book. In my practice i try to … Continue reading →

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500 Days of Social Leadership

Posted on February 8, 2024 by julianstodd

I published the 500th episode of Social Leadership Daily over on Substack this morning. Which sounds like a lot, but when you consider that each episode is only one minute long, maybe it’s not. Each day gives a question, a … Continue reading →

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Art in the Age of Generative AI: Illustrating the ‘Engines of Engagement’

Posted on November 16, 2023 by julianstodd

For a book about Generative AI, a book that explores the impacts of the new Art Engines on creativity itself, we wanted to do something special with the illustrations. This desire led to a collaboration between myself and both Sae … Continue reading →

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Illustrating the Generative AI Book

Posted on October 16, 2023 by julianstodd

Today i’m just #WorkingOutLoud sharing a partially complete illustration for the Generative AI book: this one is actually rather interesting, because the original was created by Sae feeding parts of our own text into the engine, and i’ve been working … Continue reading →

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Illustrating the Generative AI book

Posted on August 24, 2023 by julianstodd

Just #WorkingOutLoud today to share another illustration from the Generative AI book. This is a collaboration with Sae, who is both generating the original image (which i then use as inspiration for the illustration), and then taking my illustration and … Continue reading →

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Finding Direction

Posted on May 9, 2023 by julianstodd

I’ve started some work on a short guidebook exploring Generative AI. I spent all day on it today, and can confidently say that it’s both muddled and confused. In some areas, it’s way to deep, whilst in others it’s as … Continue reading →

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I am an Artist

Posted on February 27, 2023 by julianstodd

The following is an extract from writing i am doing as part of my new doctoral studies: it’s from an opening section in which i consider lenses through which to view or analyse my own published work. The lenses are … Continue reading →

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Art Not Art #3 – Power

Posted on September 29, 2022 by julianstodd

This is the third in a series of #WorkingOutLoud posts considering the evolution of art in the age of the Art Engines: the disruptive technologies of AI generation and concomitant debates about creativity, value, and purpose. In this work i … Continue reading →

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Art Not Art #2

Posted on September 15, 2022 by julianstodd

I’m revisiting my thinking about what constitutes Art in the age of the Art Engines, and an open question for me as to whether there is a uniquely human component of this. Specifically i am responding to challenges and ideas … Continue reading →

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