The DECODER project explores one of the ways in which Artificial Intelligence is integrated into digital media, more specifically applied to artistic creation.

 

In particular, how the phenomenon of hallucinating language models can be intentionally controlled as a creative tool.

 

After theoretical research into the past of Artificial Intelligence, the various types of models and their functioning and the current state of Generative Artificial Intelligence; after learning about the various types of hallucination and control through hyperparameters, inspired by artists who blur barriers between art and technology, a system was developed in TouchDesigner that allows local inferences of language models with dynamic control of hyperparameters, allowing the balance between coherence and abstraction to be modulated.

 

This system was then tested in a live performance context - ECHOES OF MOTION, where texts generated with different levels of hallucination became part of a dynamic interaction between a human and a projected digital entity.

 

The project demonstrates the potential of textual hallucinations as narrative components and creates a basis for further development of a system with great artistic potential

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