In case you have been feeling only a bit too optimistic these days, then Jakub Koźniewski has acquired simply the suitable digital artwork set up to convey you down a number of notches. He has developed a set of three massive language mannequin (LLM)-powered items of artwork known as Fashions of Disaster that will not give off probably the most optimistic vibes, however they may positively get you considering.
Koźniewski first prompts an LLM to return a set of phrases that describe his present emotions and feelings. Every of the three items then show the outcomes returned by the mannequin on a sequence of 14-segment alphanumeric shows which are pushed by a Raspberry Pi Pico W. In each case, the LLM’s outcomes are displayed a bit in another way, and there are some delicate tweaks to the way in which the mannequin is prompted as effectively.
The primary piece is named Temper Swing . It’s a horizontal bar perched on high of a tripod that may rock backwards and forwards because it shows phrases and phrases generated by the LLM. The mannequin was instructed to provide emotional antonyms, in addition to some “in-between” phrases. These phrases are displayed so as, with the bar swinging backwards and forwards to bodily symbolize the temper swings that all of us really feel occasionally.
Subsequent up is Prepare of Thought , which might be probably the most interesting of the entire items visually, but additionally probably the most miserable. It’s a mannequin practice that has been lined with a clean, black floor that has a set of 14-segment shows on its high. Because the practice zooms across the observe, it shows an limitless stream of AI-generated doubts, regrets, and anxieties. Fairly darkish, I do know, however they’re known as Fashions of Disaster for a purpose.
Final, however not least, is Rise & Shine , which lastly offers us some positivity… so long as you don’t look too carefully. This piece has a set of eight shows that may slide up and down a board on linear rails, every displaying part of the LLM’s output. On the floor, Rise & Shine seems to be very upbeat, however the mannequin was instructed to provide futile and baffling phrases of encouragement that in all probability received’t do you a lot good.
Whew! Fashions of Disaster is definitely very thought-provoking, however I have to go do some soldering or blink some LEDs to neglect about it now. I’d have by no means made it as an artist.
Fashions of Disaster (📷: Jakub Koźniewski)
Temper Swing (📷: Jakub Koźniewski)
Prepare of Thought (📷: Jakub Koźniewski)
Rise & Shine (📷: Jakub Koźniewski)