2022 Artist access program at OpenAI’s DALL·E

A PERSON’S REPRESENTATION IS CREATED USING A COMBINATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND HUMAN INPUT. THE AI IS USED TO ANALYZE A SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PERSON AND GENERATE A 3D MODEL THAT CLOSELY RESEMBLES THE INDIVIDUAL’S FACIAL FEATURES AND OVERALL APPEARANCE. THIS MODEL IS THEN REFINED AND ENHANCED BY THE HUMAN ARTIST, WHO ADDS FINE DETAILS AND TEXTURES TO THE IMAGE TO ENHANCE ITS HUMANITY.
THE PROCESS INCLUDES DATA GATHERING, 3D MODELING, AND IMAGE RENDERING. THEN MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES EXTRACT THE KEY FEATURES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PERSON’S FACE.

THIS ALLOWS THE AI SYSTEM TO GENERATE A 3D MODEL OF THE PERSON’S FACE USING THIS EXTRACTED DATA. THIS MODEL IS THEN REFINED AND ENHANCED BY THE HUMAN ARTIST.  THE FINAL IMAGE IS THEN RENDERED USING ADVANCED COMPUTER GRAPHICS TECHNIQUES TO CREATE A PHOTOREALISTIC PORTRAIT THAT CLOSELY RESEMBLES THE INDIVIDUAL.
PHOTOREALISTIC PORTRAIT –  A HIGHLY COMPLEX AND DETAILED DIGITAL REPRESENTATION OF A PERSON THAT BLENDS THE LATEST ADVANCEMENTS IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND COMPUTER GRAPHICS WITH THE ARTISTIC SKILLS OF A HUMAN ARTIST.

That is an AI’s understanding of co-creation between an AI and the artist. A never ending creative feedback loop.

This leaves fundamental questions: ARE WE CONNECTED? Who is learning from who?