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DUp 🚀 #146 🤖 AI with the visually impaired, Art & the Machine, Robotics and Desert X

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April 17, 2023

Hello readers! If you were looking for yet another newsletter full of AI-related news, you’ve come to the right place! In today’s edition, we look at how artists are using AI in their work, and what opportunities are emerging from creative new approaches of using AI in storytelling. Carla Diana, who has been teaching robotics for over a decade, shares her views on AI from the design classroom. In Toolkit, we go behind the scenes to get the Design perspective on Copilot, and also principles to apply for responsible innovation with AI.

For EyeCandy let’s go out into nature, to the desert, and see the beauty of light captured in The Circle. And finally, the DesignUp team at Symposium ‘23 🎊

🌏️ Around the Web

MOMA spoke to some artists - including Refik Anadol - who are exploring new approaches to artmaking with AI/ML. Read more here.

These Evocative AI Images Were Conceived in the Memory of the Visually Impaired

Conceptualized by agency Australie.GAD, in collaboration with Valentin Hauÿ Association and French optician group Optic 2000, the photo series depicts how A.I. can improve people’s lives when used responsibly.

Carla Diana Peeks Into AI and Pandora’s Box

With AI on every designer’s mind, we thought it would be timely to get the skinny on what’s more important: the artificiality or the intelligence.

🧰 Your Toolkit

Behind-the-Design: Meet Copilot

The Microsoft Design team share their point of view while designing for Microsoft’s Copilot.

Responsible Innovation in the Age of Generative AI

As Adobe launches Firefly, Adobe’s Chief Trust Officer shares some principles to apply as the industry figures out how to harness the powers of AI responsibly.

💖 Eye Candy

DX 23 Coachella Valley

“Contrary to the archetype, a desert is not defined by the absence of water. The desert landscape is formed by the memory of water.” Desert X produces art exhibitions in desert locations through site-specific installations by acclaimed international artists.

The Circle

Watch this mesmerizing short film from award-winning Argentinian designer Ezequiel Pini (@sixnfive). This piece is now part of the Moco Museum collection in Amsterdam and Barcelona.

📣 DesignUp at Symposium ‘23

gif by @matvoyce

🍀 Stay calm and stay curious,