THE UN/PROMPTED MANIFESTO

//AI IS NEITHER GOOD NOR BAD
ai is a thing
designed by humans
to create things for humans
//AI IS A TOOL
a pencil is a tool
a camera is a tool
a video/image editor is a tool
tools are meant to be used
to create
//AI IS A VESSEL
a painting evokes emotion
a picture worth a thousand words
a movie is thematic
all draw meaning
meaning is thinking
thinking is art
//AI IS MEANINGFUL
meaning comes from two things
meaning comes from the creator
meaning comes from the viewer
meaning is thinking
thinking is art
//ART IS MORE THAN A PROMPT
art is meaningful
art is evocative
art is created by tools
created by artists
to evoke meaning
meaning is thinking
thinking is art
//UNPROMPTED
spontaneous
subconscious
a thought
turns into something beautiful
with the right amount of effort

//about

Ryan Schlesinger is a multidisciplinary designer, artist, and researcher.

His skills and experience include, but are not limited to: graphic design, human-computer interaction, creative direction, motion design, videography, video-jockeying, UI/UX, branding, and marketing, DJ-ing and sound design.

This blog serves as a means of documenting his master’s thesis to the world. The thesis is an exploration of AI tools in the space of live performance and installation settings.