The Search for Originality in the Age of Mainstream AI
Luba Elliott
Abstract
The popularity of AI art has exploded over the past decade. From its beginnings with DeepDream in 2015, AI art has moved beyond technology circles into the public eye, shaping media art, contemporary art, and digital culture. The rise of prompting, multimodal AI and AI agents have expanded creative possibilities, while concerns over AI slop and copyright continue to fuel critical discourse. As generative AI tools become widely accessible, artists are exploring new forms of collaboration, aesthetics, and authorship. This talk will give an overview of how artists have been using and thinking about AI, its creative potential, and societal impact.
Speaker
Luba Elliott
Luba Elliott is a curator, artist and researcher specialising in artificial intelligence in the creative industries. She is currently working to educate and engage the broader public about the latest developments in creative AI through monthly meetups, talks and tech demonstrations. As curator, she organised workshops and exhibitions on art and AI for The Photographers’ Gallery, the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence and Google. Prior to that, she worked in start-ups, including the art collector database Larry’s List. She obtained her undergraduate degree in Modern Languages at the University of Cambridge and has a certificate in Design Thinking from the Hasso-Plattner-Institute D-school in Potsdam.
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