Beijing, May 21st (Reporter Song Yusheng) Every May and June, the graduation exhibition of the Central Academy of Fine Arts always becomes the focus of art lovers. However, the reporter recently learned from Central America that a work created by artificial intelligence was "mixed" into this exhibition.
Yangmei confirmed to reporters that this "artist" with a pseudonym of "Xia Yubing" did not arouse the viewer’s doubts. On the contrary, it is difficult to see that this is an AI painting. But when the works of artificial intelligence can be exhibited, where is the way out for human artists?
"Mixed in" AI Paintings of Central American Graduation Exhibition
"This graduation exhibition ‘ She ’ It is a bit humorous, but it can also be said to be a test and experiment, which shows a forward-looking thinking of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. "
Qiu Zhijie, dean of the Experimental Art College of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, told the reporter: "We have been involved in guiding Xiao Bing’s painting since a few months ago. Since we have taught ‘ She ’ ，‘ She ’ It can also be regarded as one of our advanced students, so we will let ‘ She ’ His works were exhibited at our graduate graduation exhibition. "
But this process of "teaching" is not accomplished overnight.
Xiao Bing’s R&D staff described such a "training" process to reporters: "This ‘ Secret project ’ It started 22 months ago. Before entering Central America, ‘ She ’ At the same time, the learning achievements of each stage have been published to many professional discussion groups, which were ignored and laughed at from the beginning, and later sought after. ‘ She ’ It has the same arduous process as many human beings who pursue art. "
Qiu Zhijie, one of the teachers, revealed that the research team "trained with hundreds of painters’ paintings", and the data of these works mainly concentrated on paintings from post-impressionism to early modernism.
"In fact, we see ‘ She ’ The level of painting is well known. " Qiu Zhijie said.
Pseudonyms originate from human "prejudice"
Why use an alias?
Li Di, head of Xiao Bing’s global product line, bluntly said that this is because "when we explore the relationship between people and artificial intelligence, we find that people have great prejudice".
"When Xiao Bing wrote a poem, he showed it to people, and he thought it was good; And when you tell him it’s an artificial intelligence poem, he says it’s not good. Human prejudice depends on whether this content is provided by humans. "
Li Di believes that the use of pseudonyms is to "strive for artificial intelligence to obtain human feedback on these contents in a relatively fair environment".
Comparatively speaking, Qiu Zhijie thinks more simply. He just wants to "see if everyone will recognize this is a work of artificial intelligence" through a pseudonym.
Judging from the feedback from the current exhibition, Xiao Bing’s works have not been questioned as "not created by human beings".
"AI has a greater chance to get rid of the routine"
In this way, there seems to be no difference between the paintings created by human beings and artificial intelligence.
Xiao Bing’s R&D staff also confirmed that Xiao Bing can independently complete 100% original paintings when inspired by texts or other creative sources. "This originality is not only reflected in composition, but also in color, expressiveness and detailed elements contained in the work, which is close to the level of professional human painters. Compared with other existing technologies, this painting model is neither random picture generation, nor style transfer transformation or filter effect processing of existing pictures. "
But in Qiu Zhijie’s view, from a certain perspective, artificial intelligence is obviously better than human beings.
He admits that Xiao Bing’s paintings are diverse in style, skillful in technique and quick in painting. "The number is very large, and we have a lot of room to choose. We can find many good paintings."
Artificial intelligence is not only superior to human beings in quantity, but also has more possibilities in innovation.
"We set a few rules for artificial intelligence, and it will use these rules to combine endless changes. On the contrary, human beings are more likely to fall into habits and their own routines — — Routine formed by education and experience. And AI recognizes several aesthetic principles that you tell it, and it will use these things to arrange and combine to produce visual variants. "
Qiu Zhijie asked reporters to imagine that if you give it a "don’t repeat" instruction, "AI actually has a greater chance to get rid of the routine".
Will artificial intelligence replace human artists?
If you look around the world, artificial intelligence painting is not the latest "skill".
Last year, an artificial intelligence painting even appeared on the set and sold for about 3 million yuan.
Do human artists still have their unique values different from those of artificial intelligence?
Qiu Zhijie made an analogy for reporters with photography.
"If someone thinks that artificial intelligence can replace human artists, I think it is a bit worrying."
"When photography was first produced, many painters panicked. Because the painter originally needed half a day to draw a picture, the result photo ‘ Click ’ It’s better to do it faster than you. At that time, painting was forced to redefine itself. " He said.
If you look back at today’s time node, you will find that human artists began to use photography to create after photography came into being.
Qiu Zhijie said: "Today, some painters use photography to paint photographic realism; Some painters were forced by photography to do things that photography could not do, so the styles of Van Gogh and Picasso appeared. First-class painters are actually forced to evolve by photography. "
He feels that the relationship between artificial intelligence and human artists today will probably follow a similar path. (End)