Nettrice GaskinsMay the 4th Be With You: Art, AI & RoboticsConstructionism is a process in which people create their own unique ways of knowing with prototypes, devices, and tools that others can…4 min read·May 4, 2024----
Nettrice GaskinsThe Boy on the Tricycle: Bias in Generative AIBias is a natural inclination for or against an idea, object, group, or individual. It is often learned and is highly dependent on…4 min read·May 1, 2024--9--9
Nettrice GaskinsThe Digital Art Conundrum: Is this AI, a Filter or Hand Made?The question comes up often enough (and I’ve addressed it here and on social media). Images like the one above are a combination of…5 min read·Apr 30, 2024--1--1
Nettrice GaskinsThe AI Effect: From Black Cowgirls to Drake (and Everything In Between)Coachella 2012 called it a “hologram” but in reality it was Pepper’s Ghost, a late 19th century illusion technique in which an image of an…5 min read·Apr 20, 2024----
Nettrice GaskinsGenerative AI Art as a Therapeutic ToolMy life during the nearly three-year Covid-19 lockdown was made bearable through the creation of generative AI images. Every day since 2016…4 min read·Apr 12, 2024--1--1
Nettrice GaskinsFrom the ‘Metaverse’ to Latent Space: Exploring Style ReferenceFourteen years ago, I proposed to create an homage to Afrofuturism in Second Life or SL, an online, virtual 3D world populated by users who…5 min read·Apr 7, 2024----
Nettrice GaskinsCreating With Generative AI: It’s More Than a PromptI recently read an interesting article (can’t recall where) that attempted to debunk the notion that the generative AI art making process…5 min read·Apr 4, 2024--2--2
Nettrice GaskinsAmerican Fiction, AI & Willonious’ Film ReparationsIn the film American Fiction, a writer named Monk becomes fed up with the mainstream publishing industry that profits from and relies on…4 min read·Mar 21, 2024----
Nettrice GaskinsComputer Graphics in the Era of AI: From the 1960s to the PresentComputer Graphics (also CG or CGI) was coined in 1960 by Boeing researcher Verne Hudson and graphic designer William Fetter. Several early…5 min read·Mar 20, 2024--2--2
Nettrice GaskinsElectrofunk Revisited: Women’s History Month EditionElectro (or electrofunk) is a genre of electronic music and early hip hop directly influenced by the use of the Roland TR-808 drum machine…4 min read·Mar 12, 2024--1--1