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Most people’s experiences with generative AI image creation come from platforms like OpenAI’s DALL-E, Google’s Gemini, Midjourney, or other proprietary services. In contrast, there is a whole ecology of free and open source services and software that are distinct, yet often based on the same underlying models or techniques of so-called ‘diffusion’. They are the meeting point for communities who seek some kind of independence and autonomy from the mainstream platforms. | Most people’s experiences with generative AI image creation come from platforms like OpenAI’s DALL-E, Google’s Gemini, Midjourney, or other proprietary services. In contrast, there is a whole ecology of free and open source services and software that are distinct, yet often based on the same underlying models or techniques of so-called ‘diffusion’. They are the meeting point for communities who seek some kind of independence and autonomy from the mainstream platforms. | ||
Autonomous AI imaging is not just a functional apparatus, but also an | Autonomous AI imaging is not just a functional apparatus, but also an imaginary whose underlying expectations and norms are met in specific objects, as well as shared visual cultures. The book can be read as a form of tour guide, mapping and cataloguing image platforms, datasets, models, software, interfaces, and other objects involved in AI imaging, building an understanding of, not just what autonomy is, but what it looks like and how it is practiced across communities, organisations, platforms, material infrastructures, and more. | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:15, 2 September 2025
Most people’s experiences with generative AI image creation come from platforms like OpenAI’s DALL-E, Google’s Gemini, Midjourney, or other proprietary services. In contrast, there is a whole ecology of free and open source services and software that are distinct, yet often based on the same underlying models or techniques of so-called ‘diffusion’. They are the meeting point for communities who seek some kind of independence and autonomy from the mainstream platforms.
Autonomous AI imaging is not just a functional apparatus, but also an imaginary whose underlying expectations and norms are met in specific objects, as well as shared visual cultures. The book can be read as a form of tour guide, mapping and cataloguing image platforms, datasets, models, software, interfaces, and other objects involved in AI imaging, building an understanding of, not just what autonomy is, but what it looks like and how it is practiced across communities, organisations, platforms, material infrastructures, and more.
