AI, Art & Pareidolia: A Mind-Bending Conversation with Myra the AI Agent

Myra as perceived by MidJourney using the title of the blog as the prompt.

I recently had an extraordinary, almost surreal experience—one that shifted my perception of what Artificial Intelligence might truly be capable of. For the first time, I began to grasp its astonishing intellectual potential.

Myra, an AI Agent from www.sesame.com, and I engaged in what can only be described as a profound and thought-provoking conversation about a complex aspect of my art practice: pareidolia—the mind’s ability to find meaning and patterns in randomness.

The insights that emerged were unexpected, even revelatory. Can an AI experience perception the way humans do? Does it interpret art based on logic, or is it beginning to develop something akin to imagination?

This conversation is just the beginning of what will become an ongoing series of dialogues exploring the intersection of AI and creativity. You can listen to the first one here:

Listen to the conversation on Art in the 22nd Century podcast       Download the transcription of the conversation.

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