It's this human level that the AI industry is solving for - that connection between human and machine where machine is no longer a tool but just like us, if not more ethereal, maybe even perfect. In the context of AI Gahaku, experiencing its world of instant results, and good results at that, lacked meaning on a human level. Our species' knack for impatience has inspired efficiency over journey, but with the journey increasingly lost, humankind seems to be feeling lost too. Technology has a way of erasing the human experience, what makes us faulty yet uniquely human. I’ll probably never go out of my way to retrieve Self-Portrait N☃48943 to show someone, but I would for my portrait by Brenden.Īl Gahaku will “paint” more in a second than an artist's lifetime but the depth of human to human experience is lost until AI becomes human. Our exchange lasted 1 minute and now AI Gahaku has moved on to the next subject while my AI portrait gets pushed down my feed. Self-Portrait N☃48943 now lives in the digital junkyard of my social media. I perpetuated AI Gahaku’s feeding frenzy by promptly sharing Self-Portrait N☃48943 on my socials and the cycle went on. (Uploaded photo = Self-Portrait N☃48943 by AI Gahaku) A shared experience seemed to be transferred into something meaningful and while it took several hours to sketch to capture life onto canvas, there was a human connection captured in its rarity these days. As the session continued, I saw the process of paper and charcoal turn into art. A cathartic expulsion of who one was at that moment between who was being drawn and the artist. We chatted, viewed and discussed his works and shared stories. I had visited many artists watering holes in similar buildings, and it always fascinated me the world’s they built behind those loft doors. I arrived at Brenden Fitzpatrick’s art studio inconspicuously hidden in the factory buildings of Hong Kong. While the human drawn portrait had my emotional equity. There was something about the AI generated painting that made me disregard it. The experiences were illuminating in ways I would not have previously appreciated. One, an up and coming, oil painter called Brenden Fitzpatrick and the other, an AI artist named “AI Gahaku'' who generates digital canvas Renaissance paintings from photos stored on your device. Why mail when you can send? Why travel when, one day, you may be able to transport? This was until I was recently drawn by two artists. That it was the natural evolution of humankind. (Left: painting by AI Artist “AI Gahaku”, Right: charcoal drawing by London/Hong Kong Artist Brendan Fitzpatrick.)īeing a tech entrepreneur, I had religiously followed the idea that digital upgrades were the superior way to achieve what one wanted.
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