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Collections of data, such as images, text or sound, used to train machine-learning models. What goes in shapes what comes out, which makes datasets a subject for artists.
The model continuously spews out new versions of Cursed Cat and releases them online, feeding future AI training datasets. The aim is to alter the imagination of AI, to implant a new mythological figure into generative image systems, a ghost in the machine that may surface unexpectedly, regardless of the prompt.
Eva and Franco Mattes, Eva and Franco Mattes on Mega Eliza
The pre-baked categories were no longer needed as models could be trained all at once on internet-scale datasets of images and captions. My work across this stage was creating art from early text-to-image systems, which elicited more ephemeral visual categories.
Tom White, Reprogramming Sensory Habits