In comparison to the previous Ages, the Information Age is evolving at rapid speeds. Innovations are being realised within a short span of years instead of centuries. The earliest versions of Artificial intelligence (AI) softwares were released in the 1950s making the idea of programmes mimicking “human thought” a possibility within our lifetime. Free-to-access AI art and text generators have gone mainstream, seen as the next necessary and disruptive step by sections of society and wholly condemned for their plagiaristic modus operandi and soullessness by many others.
Are there benefits yet to be considered? Are there issues being overlooked in the name of progress? Technology rights defender, Alex Gakuru, Chidi Nwaubani, Nigerian founder of LOOTY, a website that brings artefacts closer to home through immersive 3D experiences and Naddya Adhiambo Oluoch-Olunya, an Animation Director working in animation, comics and music, weigh-in on this new reality.
Featured artists: Chidi Nwaubani, Alex Gakuru and Naddya Adhiambo Oluoch-Olunya
Moderator: Andrés Schipani
