UnderTheGAN collection

Albert · Alexander Mordvintsev · Alexander Reben · Alex Green · Alex Shell · Anna Ridler · Artnome · Artonymousartifakt · Atay Ilgun · Bård Ionson · Berk Özdemir · Bernat Cuni · Bitcoin · Botto · Brandi Kyle · Claire Silver · David Young · Damjanski · DeepBlack · Elman Mansimov · Entangled Others · Fabin Rasheed · Gene Kogan · Guillaume Verdon · Hans Brouwer · Helena Sarin · illa2020 · Jörn Bielewski · Katie Charm · Kevin Abosch · Kevin Romond · Liam Ellul · Looks Rare · Lukas Opekar · Mario Klingemann · Max Osiris · Memo Akten · Metageist · Mike Almond · Mike Tyka · Norman Harman · Orkhan Mammadov · Pindar Van Arman · Refik Anadol · Ricardo Tejada · Robbie Barrat · Robness · Roope Rainisto · Shyam Sreevalsan · Sofia Crespo · Sven Eberwein · Yuma Kishi · Yura Miron · 0xm

In 2022, we stepped into what I like to call the 'everything-AI' era. This transformative wave may not be immediately apparent to many, but it has already fundamentally changed how we create and consume content, art included. AI revolution, powered by easy-to-use tools like Midjourney and Stable Diffusion, and further accelerated by meme culture, has led to a massive increase in digital creativity. The quality of this new AI creations are reaching levels that increasingly blur the lines between human-made/captured and machine-generated. Today, it's almost impossible to tell them apart, showing that we've crossed a point of no return.

This significant event ignited my curiosity. What were the beginnings of AI art and AI content creation? What was the path to this significant change that now affects billions of people? Who were the first to experiment with machine-generated creativity, and who were the pioneers of this shift?

The earliest steps with AI and computer-generated art can be traced back to the mid-20th century, but a major leap forward happened about a decade ago. The invention of Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) in 2014 and the DeepDream algorithm in 2015 were like the first brushstrokes on a nearly blank canvas. The 'UnderTheGAN' collection aims to highlight these foundational moments, giving viewers a chance to understand the journey to the AI world we live in today and the pioneers behind it.

Early Pioneers of AI Art

The Definitive Guide to AI Art

I started this gallery because I wanted to build a personal collection of AI art in order to understand what exactly AI art was. I wanted to know how it was made, what was being made, and if it was truly art. If you have similar questions this is a good starting place for you. If you already know the answers - awesome! - this should still be a fun overview as I'll walk through the best of what I bought. Experienced AI artists and collectors will see some familiar pieces/artists, but also a few you've probably never seen before.

Note: there is so much good art of all types being created in the field of AI - but in this gallery I'm going to focus exclusively on AI art being created as digital tokens (or NFTs) that can be created, bought, and sold on sites such as objkt, opensea, etc.

by @ragnar_meta

(Best viewed on a big screen. Don't use a phone)

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Be sure to also check out my Definitive Guide to Gen Art