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| This was the conference room where we listened to exciting experts talk to us about their work and their vision for the future. As you can see, it is an immersive space that was created in the spaces of OASIS Immersion who are currently presenting Van Gogh. Photo © Lena Ghio , 2022 |
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| David Usher Photo © Lena Ghio , 2022 |
In the past years the E-AI symposium had occurred online due to Covid restrictions. This was, therefore, the first time experts in the fields of entertainment and artificial intelligence gathered to share knowledge, to network and think profoundly about the future.
The first conference we heard brought together David Usher and Philip Hodgetts on the subject of the potential of AI and entertainment. On the attached websites you will discover the vastness of these two creatives minds and outputs.
The theme explored by Philip Hodgetts were about how AI had dramatically changed digital work on movie and game backgrounds. The examples he cited were: " You can now draw a simple horizontal line and the AI will draw a complete scene or you can download a 2D photograph and the AI will spontaneously translate it into a 3D immersive space." If you have worked on digital programming in the above mentioned industries you understand just how much time is saved by using AI. To give you an example, in one 60 second scene in season 5 of Game of Thrones, you see Tyrion Lannister and Lord Varys arrive at the Long Bridge of Volantis. It took the techs at RODEO FX 6 months to transform the Roman bridge of Cordoba in Spain into the Long Bridge of Volantis. AI can reduce the time so dramatically that Philip Hodgetts could already dream of all the time he would have at his disposal to just be creative!
David Usher offered sobering insights into what he considers the greatest disruptors for the future of humanity: AI and climate change. He is the creator of the Climate Clock. He spoke of the pragmatic use of AI on digital movie work like this: " We can create total digital characters now. The advantage of these characters on a production is that the character can sustain in its awareness vast fields of knowledge and memories from its "life and times" and always stay in character. We can create minds instead of only a physical character. Then there is the concept of eternal life on the Metaverse because image and mind live on there." This last thought he attached to a dream he has to one day experience being with Steve Jobs. As they concluded their presentation, they were citing the many jobs that would be taken over by AI, technology and robotics. Here is what David Usher recommended we think about as the disruptors of life impact all of us: " Look around and ask yourself: where is my next career?" My mind was already blown and it was not 10 am yet!
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| Bertrand Nepveu, hired by Apple to code on a "secret" project, and Alexandre Teodoresco, Director - Strategic Development and Innovation at Les 7 Doigts / The 7 Fingers, come at E-AI from two distinct perspective that are trying to come together to create magical experiences for entertainment consumers. M. Teodoresco has been working diligently for years to present shows of Les 7 Doigts / The 7 Fingers in the Metaverse. To accomplish this, he needs a brilliant coder like M. Nepveu to combine his vision with technology. I interviewed M. Teodoresco who presented a first example of Metaverse circus recently and his working to present an even better show in December 2022. Here is a project accomplished in 2020 that gives us a glimpse at the possibilities. In the above image M. Teodoresco outlines a manifesto for Montreal to ground in this city the potential that the world is aware of. Great projects are being contracted overseas while the greatest expertise is right here. The QR code at the heart of the photo will give you more information about this. Photo © Lena Ghio , 2022 |
The video I attached below is one example of how AI is and will be used in commercial ventures. Bigthinx is a fashion company that has software that will recreate your whole body starting from a modest selfie. From there, all your measurements will be configured to allow you to shop for clothing during a virtual fashion show just for you. You will instantly get a sense of how you look in any style of clothes that may interest you.
This article contains mere snippets of what is coming in terms of AI and all the areas it will be used. This is at once exhilarating and terrifying! Until the next E-AI symposium, let's take it one day at a time.
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