From being schooled in a game of GO to busting out 15th century portraiture, it seems the machines are besting us at every turn, or is it simply a matter of perspective? Join Marco, Andrew and DJ as they discuss the rise of computer intelligence and the stakes therein.

Resources:

• Andrew Price AI in CG presentation – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlgLxSLsYWQ

• AlphaGo documentary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXuK6gekU1Y

• Golem short - Film by Patrick Mccue & Tobias Wiesner - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl9be4bSZa4

• Golem XIV - https://english.lem.pl/works/apocryphs/golem-xiv

• Dreamworks Animation Studio Pipeline - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru0tQRJ4qKs

• Blender Everything nodes - https://developer.blender.org/T67088

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10F9vQ09eQ0

• Quixel Mixer – https://quixel.com/mixer

• Unreal Engine and Quixel Megascans\Mixer\Bridge- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhTPayu_YUs

• Anastasia Opara – https://www.anastasiaopara.com

• Proceduralism (Houdini) by Luiz Kruel- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LHj7-kROoo

• Photopea - https://www.photopea.com

• ArtBreeder - https://artbreeder.com

• Proceduralism in Houdini – basics - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vriY3LV55bk

• Character Creator - https://www.reallusion.com/character-creator/,

• SkinGen - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GsYuVdSijo

• MakeHuman - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCn6SfuEPRE

• MB Lab - https://mb-lab-community.github.io/MB-Lab.github.io/

• Face maker – http://facemaker.uvrg.org

• Online 2D character Creator - https://charactercreator.org