DESMA 2Artificial Intelligence and Art

Limited to high school students. Exploration of how artificial intelligence (AI) interacts with the visual arts, and automated algorithms as a tool for creative expression. Starting from early collage and montage practices, exploration of how artists have used cultural fragments as their medium to explore meaning through juxtaposition and appropriation. Study of how computational methods enabled artists to explore such practices with increasing fidelity and magnitudes of data. Consideration of recent surge in interest in the field of AI, and what that might mean for understanding art. Discussion of topics such as perception, augmentation, deep fakes, surveillance, privacy, and automation. Includes short lectures, discussions, workshops, time to work in class, and feedback sessions. No prior programming or machine learning knowledge required. May be repeated for credit without limitation. Offered only as part of Summer Institute.

P/NP grading.