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In this practical workshop, participants will experiment with expanded collage making as a way to understand the circulation of images in the age of machine learning. They will explore the phenomenon of model collapse: a degenerative learning process caused when a model is trained on AI generated content. AI images reverse the indexical logic of photography and play a role in shaping the world; through this practical workshop, we will ask what happens when the image comes first.

Please note: whilst we are exploring machine learning tools, we will not be using generative AI software in this workshop.

Takeaways: <\/strong>

Participants will develop an understanding of how:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Model collapse causes data loss, degradation, and abstraction within generative AI systems.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Collage and generative AI have many overlapping qualities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Data labelling is a limiting and unethical practice.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Duration:<\/strong> 3h

    Knowledge required:\u00a0<\/strong>
    No prior knowledge required
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