> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://carla-gannis.gitbook.io/visual-ai-studio-for-art-and-technology/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://carla-gannis.gitbook.io/visual-ai-studio-for-art-and-technology/weeks-schedule/week-02-or-sep-16.md).

# Week 02 | Sep 16

## IN CLASS

<figure><img src="/files/mAzgLhYIpoGoqTpdnJ3u" alt="" width="375"><figcaption><p>Plato using an iPhone as a red figure Athenian vase painting, Midjourney</p></figcaption></figure>

**ALLEGORY OF THE CAVE DISCUSSION: IS ALL ART DECEPTIVE? WHAT IS A REAL OBJECT?**

* **Discussions**
  * Alex: Plato discussion&#x20;
  * Alex: [Chair project with Kosuth](https://philippschmitt.com/work/chair)
  * Carla: [Deepfake Taylor Swift Chinese clip](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ArtqQkltlkI)  and [AI-Generated 'Swifties for Trump' Photos Prompt Taylor Swift to Endorse Harris](https://www.pcmag.com/news/ai-generated-swifties-for-trump-photos-prompt-taylor-swift-to-endorse-harris)
* **Demos**
  * [Carla AI Buffet: Deep Fake Edition](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1DIEJKtGRSGpkMzwldtLEwaAuOFC_mcYB/pub?start=false\&loop=false\&delayms=600000\&slide=id.p3)
* **Crits** (Carla & Alex)
* **Open Work Session** (if time remains)

  * Use one of the generative tools to make something that argues about its own “realness”

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## ACTIVITIES 02

* **WRITE** a two paragraph response **\[post to the Discord, also share as a doc in your folder on the class google drive**] two of the following (you can pick two contradictory opinions and compare, or two pieces that reinforce each other-- fine either way!) and post it on the Class Discord:
  * [Ted Chiang New Yorker Article on "Why AI Isn't Going To Make Art"](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/why-ai-isnt-going-to-make-art)
  * [Holly Herndon and Matt Dryhurst: New Yorker Article](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/11/20/holly-herndons-infinite-art)
  * [Ezra Klein Interview with Holly Herndon](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/24/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-holly-herndon.html)
  * This overview of [current AI case filings,](https://www.bakerlaw.com/services/artificial-intelligence-ai/case-tracker-artificial-intelligence-copyrights-and-class-actions/) where you can click through to detailed descriptions of the legal grounds for each case
  * [*LAION-5B, Stable Diffusion 1.5, and the Original Sin of Generative AI* by Eryk Salvaggio on TechPolicy.Press](https://www.techpolicy.press/laion5b-stable-diffusion-and-the-original-sin-of-generative-ai/) (specifically addresses images of child sexual abuse (CSAM) in the dataset and their consequences)
  * [*The Uneven Distribution of AI’s Environmental Impacts* by Shaolei Ren and Adam Wierman in the Harvard Business Review](https://hbr.org/2024/07/the-uneven-distribution-of-ais-environmental-impacts)
  * [Electricity grids creak as AI demands soar](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj5ll89dy2mo) (short news factual article that pairs with above)
  * [Data Workers’ Inquiry](https://data-workers.org/about/) -- a look at the human costs of producing AI front end services

    * Specifically: read some of the [testimonies, videos, and more from workers themselves](https://data-workers.org/#Inquiries), many of whom produce the datasets AI products use directly.

**HOT TIP: Run out of free articles on a publication website like the New Yorker? Open a new incognito window in Chrome or spoof an IP in a VPN to get access! NYU has these publications in databases but they're often a few weeks behind.**

* **CREATION 02** [Deep Deepfake](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deepfake)[ ](/visual-ai-studio-for-art-and-technology/creations/02-deep-deepfake.md)

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