Name: 'Say and See' Interactive AI event with artist Jiabao Li
Start: 2024-11-03T02:00:00-06:00
End: 2024-11-03T17:00:00-06:00
Location: Unchained.art Contemporary Gallery

'Say and See' Interactive AI event with artist Jiabao Li

"SaySee" is a speech-to-video generative AI system that transforms spoken words in any language into visually emotive videos.
About this Event

By analyzing the emotional tone of speech, it converts this into a corresponding visual narrative. For instance, a political debate's intensity could be visualized in a dynamic comic book style with exclamation bubbles. News coverage of serious topics like war would evoke a somber black-and-white palette, capturing the gravity of the situation. Conversely, happy conversations would lead to bright and colorful videos. The video captures both the content and the underlying emotion beyond the words.

Upon entering the installation, participants simply press a button and start talking into the microphone. They can engage in a variety of spoken expressions, including conversations, monologues, debates, story games, speeches, confessions, and even singing. The AI then swiftly creates a short video representation of their speech, displayed across a screen.

Jiabao Li also trained SaySee on custom datasets such as glaciers, bats, and dead birds caused by industrial pollution. For each unique SaySee, the generated video will be based on that dataset. For example, if you talk to SaySee#deadbirds, no matter how happy your story is, the generated video will be related to dead birds.

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This event is part of the ongoing exhibition:

Art in the Age of AI: Evolution or End?

Is tech-based imagery fine art or just an artifact?

From Oct 30 – Dec 7, you have a chance to see and critique the emerging tech art movement while the ‘paint’ is still wet. Decide for yourself if the pioneering artists on display represent a creative breakthrough or a crushing blow.

Curated by AI + Art columnist Julia Morton and gallerist Christina Hiltscher of Unchained.Art Contemporary Gallery, the show features images and objects that blend human imagination with code, data, sound, math, AI, AR, and 3D.

Tech tools have unique attributes that expand who creates, how they produce, and what they explore. Come experience expansive creativity in person and tell us what you think.