the show, my brain, and an opinion

I had a pretty successful run at the show yesterday. 4 of the 7 pieces I entered got in. But I'm not trying to brag, rather I ask: is it possible that because I (may have) labeled more than the other people in the class (because I always feel bad that I miss class every week) that my tastes/preferences/opinions/whathaveyou that informed DARCI also inform my work, thereby making it easier for me to get into the show?

I know that Naomi doesn't like labeling. That's fine. It's not her thing. She called the days we spent downstairs in the lab like prison. Hilarious.

She wasn't as successful in getting into the show. Could this be because she didn't label as many images as me?

I just wonder what the coorelation is, if any.

Also, I wrote my sister (a mechanical engineer currently serving a mission in Nicaragua) and told her about the show. She said "Your DARCI project sounds super interesting.  I have no idea how those programmers programmed creativity.  It sounds like an oxymoron actually, programmed creativity.  But a really cool idea."

It does sound like an oxymoron. But it makes for a fun show.

a letter

Dear DARCI,

I just wanted to drop you a line and tell you how smart you've made me seem to people when they ask me about my art classes. "Artificial Intelligence carrying out creative processes!? Wow, you must be some sort of genius artists or something." I wasn't sure how to take this at first. It was as if a painter couldn't in anyway be as smart as someone working with artificial intelligence. And it may well be true. But I decided that it's just a different set of smarts. After all we did teach the smarty-pants Dave and Darrel what words like "painterly" and "kitschy" were yesterday.

Also, I would like to compliment you on how far you've come. While you're still young and we have a lot of teaching to do, you have done a pretty good job so far assigning adjectives to images. Kudos DARCI, kudos.

Love, Paige

Feeling

I have concluded in my personal opinion that in some ways DARCI is much like a human. Originally she is programed with a random function. Then depending on the results of that function she begins to build associations with right and wrong. This whole process is very human. As a child we develop patterns through associations. Much like DARCI. My next question is whether or not it is possible to program feeling. A part of thinking (in my opinion) consists of how an individual feels. Feeling takes place after the initial programing/learning. So the ability to learn can be programed. As described in our discussion on randomness. So what does it mean to feel? I can't exactly say, other than I have a feeling. So what is feeling? And can it be programed?

Random

How do you program randomness? By programing it, are you not expecting certain results? Therefore, it is not random. Could someone explain this to me? Please.

labeling is lots of fun

I decided that labeling is way more fun when there are a bunch of people around you. I didn't do the grueling three hours, but i do spend a fair amount of time doing it on my own and let me tell you, it's better with a group.

I like the new way to teach DARCI and I think it's interesting what she comes up with.

Does she only pull images that people have listed as "creepy" for example. Or, based on those images listed "creepy" she tries to find others?