DIY-ai-art
Creative
generative art installation
SHOW HN2021
399points
153comments
#76of 2,533 in 2021
Top 4%of 2021 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
27 positive, 37 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 14 critical, out of 80 comments about the project. Thread score +0.18.
Idea: 9 for, 4 againstDocs: 6 for, 4 againstDesign: 4 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 3 againstPricing: 0 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Detailed build guide and documentation
From 3 comments
Ok, so this is cool as fuck. I don't think much of the actually produced art, but the fact that you laid out your whole process makes this drool-worthy. Now it is just a…
Quarrel on HNFirst, I would like to say well done. Not just the project -- it is neat. I particularly appreciate the fact that it includes all the less obvious, to me, pieces like building…
A4ET8a8uTh0 on HNBrilliant: the project itself but also the trouble you took to share the how-to deets!
Aurum197 on HN
Installation looks clean and impressive
From 3 comments
Awesome! I'd recommend running your cables behind the drywall, the look is very clean!
Justin_K on HNThis is so freakin cool
amirGi on HNThis is amazingly cool.
hwayne on HN
Destroying artworks after viewing adds meaning
From 2 comments
As an artist and an avid reader of HN, I find this both fascinating and terrifying (!) at the same time. Before I started painting robots, I painted abstracts and was heavily…
slobot on HNNice! Art being lost forever is art in itself.
MikeDelta on HN
Objections
Artwork quality is underwhelming
From 3 comments
I like the idea, but the art is meh.
ggggtez on HNThe installation is impressive but the output is underwhelming. Then again, I feel the same about the pieces in most contemporary art museums.
spoonjim on HNOk, so this is cool as fuck. I don't think much of the actually produced art, but the fact that you laid out your whole process makes this drool-worthy. Now it is just a…
Quarrel on HN
AI art lacks human intention and substance
From 2 comments
Most artists (with some exceptions) want to have nothing to do with AI generative art. They will simply continue to produce art the way they do with older technologies such as…
tartoran on HNPersonally believe that art requires intention and some attempt at communication but it's an interesting project.
LegitShady on HN
Guide focuses on woodworking more than the AI
From 2 comments
Is it me or is this more of a woodworking guide than an AI art guide? I only see a small blurb to put AI art code here. Presumably the button/replenish image dir. is a seed…
raisedbyninjas on HNThis says a lot about building MDF housing for a Jetson (BTW why not plywood?), and devotes literally half a dozen pretty generic lines to the actual art generation code. The…
nine_k on HN
Requests
Share training code and tutorial
From 2 comments
do you have the code for training ? i wasnt able to find it in your repo. That would be so cool!
sandGorgon on HNThis is awesome. Is the StyleGAN code removed (to keep it private)? I see this commit message: "Remove my ML stuff." I'm interested in understanding the StyleGAN if you are open…
xrd on HN
Seed the GAN with personal artwork
From 1 comment
This is really cool! I'd love to seed the GAN with my own artwork and generate new pieces in my style
prions on HN
Questions
Cost of the setup
From 2 comments
Cool project. How much does this setup cost you?
throwaway158497 on HNI'm curious about, beyond time and labor, how much $$$ the project ran you.
lazlee on HN
Whether an RPi would suffice instead of the Jetson
From 1 comment
>> Nvidia Jetson Xavier NX Curious -- since you're only doing the inference/generation on the frame, and since you're not doing it all the time, did you need a Jetson or would an…
TuringNYC on HN
Alternatives named
Electric Sheep
From 1 comment
The creator of ElectricSheep installs large installations like this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Draves it uses crowdsourced human preference functions to drive the art…
dekhn on HN
77 Million Paintings by Brian Eno
From 1 comment
Check out 77 Million Paintings by Brain Eno https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/77_Million_Paintings
linguistbreaker on HN
Digital photo frames
From 2 comments
As cool as this is, I have been struggling to find a good non-AI digital photo display for my house. The common ones you can buy as “digital photo frame” on Amazon sucks in image…
reacharavindh on HNIs it me or is this more of a woodworking guide than an AI art guide? I only see a small blurb to put AI art code here. Presumably the button/replenish image dir. is a seed…
raisedbyninjas on HN