A large GAN published by DeepMind researchers in 2018 that produced high-quality images across a thousand categories. Artists explored its latent space, and it powered Ryan Murdock's BigSleep.
In some ways there's exploring this latent space of BigGAN that already existed. The continuity there really was fun. Because we already have these really aesthetically interesting images that are visually indeterminate.
Ryan Murdock, Ryan Murdock on Hacking AI
Thinking about the art in terms of a latent space, it's interesting because in some ways with SIREN I was probably not even using a latent vector and a latent space per se. With BigGAN it's like you are using a latent space in the proper sense.
Ryan Murdock, Ryan Murdock on Hacking AI