Computer Vision News Computer Vision News 10 concerned,” Gaëtan reveals. “Somehow, much more than the adults. Their desire to engage was striking for me. One of the most interesting reactions is that the young people want to extend the discourse by themselves!” While some viewers found the sound installation challenging, describing it as stressful or overwhelming due to the overlapping sounds and repetitive patterns, this discomfort was actually an intentional aspect of the work. “The sound installation is not necessarily made to be sensed as something very beautiful,” Gaëtan explains. “There’s a certain pressure that was designed. There are repetitions and overlapping sounds, so if you spend a lot of time with it, there’s this discomfort that’s part of the project.” The machine learning algorithm wasn’t designed to generate discourse with minimal input. Instead, the focus was on carefully tuning the instruments, formalizing how they should operate, and being precise about the artistic intention behind the work. Jérôme highlights the importance of reflexivity in the creative process: “The sound installation uses recordings of voices arguing about climate issues, and the idea was: what do we want to do with that? Do we want this type of argument to be the structure, or do we want it to be the material? Do we want to have a kind of hybridization between both? Do we want to see the meaning of the sentences in the data, or do we want to forget about the meaning but use its acoustic characteristics?” The fact that machine learning can operate autonomously was not used to facilitate the process. On the contrary, it was more and more reflexive and precise about the inputs and outputs and what they wanted to see in the data. The team intentionally chose not to display the content from Twitter but rather abstracted data derived from it, focusing on structure and texture rather than the literal meaning. Looking ahead, Gaëtan and Jérôme are excited about the installation’s potential to travel and reach a wider audience. After successful exhibitions in Germany and at Université Gustave Eiffel earlier this year, they are in discussions to showcase the SIGGRAPH 2024 Best Art Paper Award Two students – Laëtitia Ngaha and Anastasiya Balan - recording dialogs between climate skeptics and climate advocates. © Gaëtan Robillard
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