Why we write about this topic:
In our weekly recap on Sunday, we, as editors, look back at the past seven days. We do this at the suggestion of our cartoonist Albert Jan Rasker. He chooses a subject, makes a drawing, and we take it from there. If you’d like to receive this weekly recap directly in your mailbox every Sunday morning, just subscribe here.
With what briefing would Albert Jan have sent his own brain out to pasture in an AI-like fashion? Do me a bit of Magritte, a pinch of Van Gogh and Rembrandt, a good sprinkling of Dali and Picasso, and overlay that with the feeling that what you see is not what you see. It must have been something like that, but we’ll never know because an artist never fully reveals his thoughts. After all, it is up to his audience to get their own interpretation.
Albert Jan based his choice this week on an article by colleague Youri van Heumen that I can recommend to everyone. Youri spoke with a series of experts in the field of AI art and text-to-image techniques and came to the (logical) conclusion that we are only at the beginning of a development that will turn the entire art world upside down. Both negative and positive by the way, because thanks to AI it will also be easier to distinguish fake from real. Anyway, read his report yourself:
AI artwork often turns out surprisingly well
Artificial intelligence (AI) is opening doors to new forms of art. Whether a painting is created with a paintbrush and paint or with a keyboard and a mouse, the essence remains the same.
‘Real’ artists are inscrutable, I said above. But whether that is much different with AI artists remains to be seen. After all, the algorithms that form the basis of any product created by Artificial Intelligence are at least as opaque as a painter’s brain. Precisely for this reason, the European Commission has conceived the idea of recruiting 30 IT experts with social awareness. They are to work for the new European Centre for Algorithmic Transparency (ECAT), which wants to provide the knowledge to bring Internet companies that go over the line to book. A nice task, especially if you know that their place of employment is not Brussels, but Seville. You can still apply:
European Union tries to find IT experts with social awareness – Innovation Origins
The European Centre for Algorithmic Transparency is looking for IT experts to punish internet companies that show too little transparency
Our selection
But there was more, much more. Below is a small selection of our lavish offerings from last week. Don’t fancy this editorial selection? All good; here is the complete overview of last week.
‘Without an aerodynamic handbike, you’ll never end up on the winner’s podium’ – Innovation Origins
Elite athlete Mich Valize is working with CHILL at the Brightlands Campus in Geleen to innovate his handbike.
With hardware on a trailer, HyMatters supplies businesses with their own hydrogen – Innovation Origins
Every day the editors of Innovation Origins highlight a different start-up. Today that’s HyMatters: hydrogen production on a trailer.
Young talent, Big Science and hundreds of high-tech manufacturing companies network at Precision Fair – Innovation Origins
The entire high-tech manufacturing industry is coming together these days to network at the 21st Precision Fair in Den Bosch, NL.
Photonics Industry, “key technology for Europe’s green and digital transition”, needs more visibility for investors – Innovation Origins
Although the Photonics industry is essential to Europe’s green and digital transition, the supply chain is still far from perfect.
Robots could learn from our prehistoric ancestors – Innovation Origins
Research institutions and companies will investigate how robots can develop cognitive abilities for inventing tools as ancient humans did.
Mandatory solar panels over all major parking lots in France get the power of 10 nuclear power plants – Innovation Origins
French parking lots that have between 80 and 400 spaces will have five years to cover the lot with solar panels.
Enjoy your Sunday, and have a safe and innovative week!
