Pioneering AI Art Program AARON Returns to Spotlight in Whitney Exhibit
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Harold Cohen created an AI art program called AARON that can autonomously generate drawings and paintings. AARON will be featured in an upcoming exhibition at the Whitney Museum.
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The Whitney plans to acquire and exhibit different iterations of AARON that show its evolution over decades, from simple line drawings to more complex floral patterns.
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Two AARON programs will be live drawing in the exhibition, demonstrating the software's generative process.
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The show will resurface questions around authorship and creative collaboration with machines that still entangle AI art today.
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Cohen conceded AARON would end when he did, but its revival raises ideas he put forward about humans building their "own other selves" with AI.