Christopher Wormald: YOU + A.I. = A.I.M.

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his project is an ever-expanding series depicting past, present, and future imagined scenarios through the lens of A.I.-generated images.  Portrayed are visions of utopia and dystopia: a future in which humans no longer struggle or are replaced and made irrelevant.  For this installation, artist Christopher Wormald uses A.I.-generated images created by feeding descriptive text prompts into a computer program – a new medium that can create original images as quickly as ideas are conceived.  The resulting images range from the uncanny to the hyper-realistic or even comically absurd.

Wormald’s initial concept is inspired by artist Jason Allen, who won the blue-ribbon prize in the digital arts category at the 2022 Colorado State Fair with his A.I. generated artwork, Théâtre D’opéra Spatial.  The news around Jason Allen’s winning artwork has sparked debate and controversy on whether the use of A.I. in art is a hack or a shortcut – bringing into question A.I.’s impact on the future careers of graphic designers and others in the creative industry.  The Arts have seen the implications of technologies in the past, from the printing press, camera, synthesizer, and more, with mixed results of success and failure.  In YOU + A.I. = A.I.M., Christopher questions how individuals can use technologies responsibly and considers his role as an artist moving forward.