Presentation Objects of Interest - Revision history

CUA: /* Introduction */

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Introduction

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	[[File:Qr-code.png\|center\|frameless\|600x600px]]		[[File:Qr-code.png\|center\|frameless\|600x600px]]// For the workshop, see [[Workshop on "Objects of Interest and Necessity"]]

	=== Aims of this workshop ===		=== Aims of this workshop ===

CUA: /* Introduction */

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Introduction

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	… A material level of dependencies on units (such as the GPU, minerals, 'dead labour')		… A material level of dependencies on units (such as the GPU, minerals, 'dead labour')
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			[[Category:Objects of Interest and Necessity]]

	== AI Horde image generation with a communal infrastructure ==		== AI Horde image generation with a communal infrastructure ==

Xpablov: /* CivitAI - a platform */

2025-06-13T08:33:13Z

CivitAI - a platform

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	=== Decentralisation ===		=== Decentralisation ===

	==== CivitAI - a platform ====		==== CivitAI - a platform/repository ====
	[https://civitai.com/ CivitAI] is a highly popular platform/repository for distributing AI models and images. In our taxonomy, it's what we refer to as a space between the private and the commons. It's private in the sense that it's focused on individuals sharing their work (e.g., the creation of new models), and commons in the sense that most models can be reused and remixed. It's a repository whose primary purpose is to share resources.		[https://civitai.com/ CivitAI] is a highly popular platform/repository for distributing AI models and images. In our taxonomy, it's what we refer to as a space between the private and the commons. It's private in the sense that it's focused on individuals sharing their work (e.g., the creation of new models), and commons in the sense that most models can be reused and remixed. It's a repository whose primary purpose is to share resources.
	[[File:Screenshot_20250530_115152.png\|center\|800x800px]]		[[File:Screenshot_20250530_115152.png\|center\|800x800px]]

Xpablov: /* Introduction */

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Introduction

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	=== Aims of this workshop ===		=== Aims of this workshop ===

Xpablov: /* Artbot - an interface */

2025-06-12T16:42:02Z

Artbot - an interface

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	If you choose to use "our" worker, you will be limited to the following models (no LORAs):		If you choose to use "our" worker, you will be limited to the following models (no LORAs, in_painting or image to image options):

	* stable_diffusion		* stable_diffusion

CUA: /* The background (Knowledge Servers) */

2025-06-12T16:41:39Z

The background (Knowledge Servers)

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	=== The background (Knowledge Servers) ===		=== The background (Knowledge Servers) ===

	Within a larger project on digitization, democracy and citizenship ([https://shape.au.dk/en/ SHAPE]), we run a project that not only questions the role of Big Tech and platforms in the construction of knowledge, but also on how one might ‘delink’ from capital interests.		Within a larger project on digitization, democracy and citizenship ([https://shape.au.dk/en/ SHAPE]), we run a project that not only questions the role of Big Tech and platforms in the construction of knowledge, but also how one might ‘delink’ from capital interests.

	We try to speak from the point of view of what you might call grassroots’ internet culture. A culture that had control of the tools and ~~infrastructures~~ for its own existence – what the anthropologist Chris Kelty once called a ‘recursive publics’.		We try to speak from the point of view of what you might call grassroots’ internet culture. A culture that had control of the tools, infrastructures and other means for its own existence – what the anthropologist Chris Kelty once called a ‘recursive publics’.

	History took us elsewhere. To 'client-server' relations (rather than peer-to-peer).		History took us elsewhere. To 'client-server' (platform) relations (rather than peer-to-peer).

	We speak of ~~this~~ as a ~~new~~ “epistemic ~~infrastructure”~~ (borrowing the term from [https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=problem-spaces-how-and-why-methodology-matters--9781509507931 Celia Lury]): An infrastructure for what and how we know things – and not just for how we find information, or use it in other ways.		We speak of technical infrastructures as a “epistemic infrastructures” (borrowing the term from [https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=problem-spaces-how-and-why-methodology-matters--9781509507931 Celia Lury]): An infrastructure for what and how we know things – and not just for how we find information, or use it in other ways.

	[[File:Project image, knowledge infrastructures.png\|thumb\|Project image made with Stable Diffusion\|left]]		[[File:Project image, knowledge infrastructures.png\|thumb\|Project image made with Stable Diffusion\|left]]

Xpablov: /* Artbot - an interface */

2025-06-12T16:39:11Z

Artbot - an interface

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	If you choose to use "our" worker, you will be limited to the following models:		If you choose to use "our" worker, you will be limited to the following models (no LORAs):

	* stable_diffusion		* stable_diffusion

Xpablov: /* AI Horde - a network */

2025-06-12T16:25:50Z

AI Horde - a network

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	* stable_diffusion		* stable_diffusion
			* Deliberate
	* ICBINP - I Can't Believe It's Not Photography		* ICBINP - I Can't Believe It's Not Photography
	* AbsoluteReality		* AbsoluteReality

Xpablov: /* AI Horde - a network */

2025-06-12T16:24:32Z

AI Horde - a network

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	==== CivitAI - a platform ====		==== CivitAI - a platform ====
	[https://civitai.com/ CivitAI] is a highly popular platform/repository for distributing AI models and images. In our taxonomy, it's what we refer to as a space between the private and the commons. It's private in the sense that it's focused on individuals sharing their work (e.g., the creation of new models), and commons in the sense that most models can be reused and remixed. It's a repository whose primary purpose is to share resources.		[https://civitai.com/ CivitAI] is a highly popular platform/repository for distributing AI models and images. In our taxonomy, it's what we refer to as a space between the private and the commons. It's private in the sense that it's focused on individuals sharing their work (e.g., the creation of new models), and commons in the sense that most models can be reused and remixed. It's a repository whose primary purpose is to share resources.
			[[File:Screenshot_20250530_115152.png\|center\|800x800px]]
	[[File:Screenshot_20250530_115152.png\|800x800px]]

	CivitAI has its own currency ("buzz"). It can be purchased or earned by being part of the community (posting, recommending, commenting, etc.). It can be used to leave tips or to order certain models.		CivitAI has its own currency ("buzz"). It can be purchased or earned by being part of the community (posting, recommending, commenting, etc.). It can be used to leave tips or to order certain models.
			[[File:Screenshot_buzz_civitai.png\|alt=Captura pantalla civitAI\|center\|800x800px]]
	[[File:~~Screenshot buzz civitai~~.png\|Captura pantalla civitAI]]

	It is largely a cultural hub, with its own economy, rules, and aesthetic preferences.		It is largely a cultural hub, with its own economy, rules, and aesthetic preferences.

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	The system works by creating a directory of "workers" who are part of this network and distributing calls among themselves. In this sense, it is partially decentralised.		The system works by creating a directory of "workers" who are part of this network and distributing calls among themselves. In this sense, it is partially decentralised.
			[[File:Photo_2025-06-12_12-45-44.png\|alt=AI horde diagram\|center\|frameless\|600x600px]]
	[[File:~~Photo 2025~~-06-~~12 12~~-45-44.png\|alt=AI horde diagram\|frameless\|~~800x800px~~]]

	As a worker, you can generate "kudos," the exchange currency with which you can also generate images of other workers (more kudos = better and faster models).		As a worker, you can generate "kudos," the exchange currency with which you can also generate images of other workers (more kudos = better and faster models).

Xpablov: /* AI Horde - a network */

2025-06-12T16:18:23Z

AI Horde - a network

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	If you choose to use "our" worker, you will be limited to the following models:		If you choose to use "our" worker, you will be limited to the following models:

			* stable_diffusion
			* ICBINP - I Can't Believe It's Not Photography
			* AbsoluteReality

	[[File:Screenshot 20250612 133059.png\|alt=artbot model option\|frameless\|600x600px]]		[[File:Screenshot 20250612 133059.png\|alt=artbot model option\|frameless\|600x600px]]

			(here is a list of all the models available in the network at this point: https://tinybots.net/artbot/info/models