Modern Hell #31: Controlling the Infinite
AI can 'imagine' art beyond the frame. What does this tell us about our future relationship with technology?
In May, someone prompted Adobe’s generative AI Firefly system to ‘imagine’ what would lie beyond the boundaries of some the world’s most famous works of art, including the Mona Lisa, Starry Night (above), Nighthawks, and A Saturday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (below)1. The results, posted in a thread on Twitter, were okay insofar as the pr…