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My Grandad used to write me letters every now and then, usually in pencil. He wrote about how he was doing; about his fishing or a car he...
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Duane Keiser
- May 7
Degas, Photography, and AI
"Every year the aspiring photographer brought a stack of his best prints to an old, honored photographer, seeking his judgment. Every...
Duane Keiser
- May 5
The Knock-Off Machines
I’m not sure if you’ve heard about it yet, but there is a new printer that can print AI images on canvas and recreate the look and feel...
Duane Keiser
- Apr 28
On Painting and Algorithms
Eric Joyner The following is an essay I wrote around 2010 about painting and computers. I stumbled across it recently as I was looking...
Duane Keiser
- Apr 23
The Avocado Turing Test
As promised, here is my attempt at getting Midjourney to emulate my painting. I chose my avocado/spoon painting (seen above) because I...
Duane Keiser
- Apr 20
AI vs Cezanne
The purpose of the following exercise is to see whether AI can notice, or be instructed to notice, Cezanne’s unique and deceptively...
Duane Keiser
- Apr 14
The Woman in the White Dress
Imagine a collaboration between you and an artist whose only job is to help you realize your creative vision. He possesses a broad range...
Duane Keiser
- Apr 7
ChatGPT
Many years ago, an older Senator infamously described the internet as a “series of tubes.” I will do my best to avoid such descriptions...
Duane Keiser
- Apr 1
pAInting
As I read some of the reactions to AI, I'm reminded of what the French painter Paul Delaroche said in the 1800s upon seeing one of the...
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