How AI Art Could Enhance Humanity’s Collective Memory | Refik Anadol | TED

翻译人员: Yip Yan Yeung 校对人员: Sue Lu

Let me begin by saying

that what you are looking at is not real.

These are artificial corals created by a generative AI algorithm,

首先，我想说的是，

trained with more than 100 million coral images.

你眼前的并不是真的，

Across the globe,

sea water is becoming less habitable due to the climate change

而是由人工智能算法创作的人工珊瑚，

and the coral reefs are dying rapidly.

算法由超过一亿张珊瑚图片训练而成。

One day we might be only left with the simulations of corals

纵观全球，

由于气候变化海水变得不宜居住，

in a virtual world.

珊瑚礁正在快速消亡。

With this project, “Coral Dreams,”

our aim is to use AI

有朝一日会只剩下虚拟世界的仿真珊瑚。

and try to create artificial realities while preserving disappearing nature.

这个项目“珊瑚梦”，

我们的目标是利用人工智能

I'm a media artist and director.

My team and I have been using generative AI as a collaborator

打造人工现实且保护逐渐消亡的大自然。

for seven years,

although it feels like 70.

We train machine-learning algorithms by harnessing large,

我是一名媒体艺术家和导演。

我和我的团队已经和人工智能

focused and publicly available data sets

合作了七年，

虽然感觉像是 70 年了。

and visualizing what I call humanity's collective memories,

我们训练了机器学习算法，基于大型、

such as nature, urban and culture.

专业、公开的数据集，

Since [the] pandemic,

将我称之为“人类共同记忆”的东西

my focus has been to compile the largest data sets

形象化，如大自然、城市和文化。

and artificially preserve nature.

I am optimistic about generative AI

自新冠疫情以来，

because of its potential for enhancing our memories.

我着重在整合最大的数据集，

We as artists can utilize this potential not only to represent nature,

人为地保护大自然。

我对人工智能持乐观态度，

因为它有巩固我们记忆的潜力。

but also to remember how it feels to be immersed in it in a digital age.

艺术家不仅可利用该潜力展现大自然，

Generative AI creates possibilities to train algorithms with any image, sound,

还可记录在数字时代沉浸自然中的感觉。

text and even scent data.

For example, this is “Floral Dreams,”

人工智能创造了利用任意图像、声音、

an algorithm trained with more than 75 million floral images

文本甚至气味数据来训练算法的可能。

of 16,000 species.

By using more than half a million scent molecules,

比如，这是“花梦”，

由超过 7500 万张 包括 16000 个品种的花卉图片

we were able to create the scent of these dreams.

训练而成的算法。

Now let's please imagine a living archive

我们使用超过 50 万个气味分子

that we can walk into.

做出了这些梦的气味。

A universe that is constantly reimagined, [reconstructing] its forms, patterns,

现在让我们想象一间活的档案室，

colors and scents.

存档的这个宇宙不断变幻，重构形态、

Our life is becoming increasingly rooted in digital worlds,

and the boundaries between physical and virtual,

颜色和气味。

technology and nature, are blurring.

我们的生活越来越扎根于数字世界，

Generative AI helps us to create new realities

真实和虚拟世界的边界、

and also project onto reality through possibility space.

科技和自然的边界越来越模糊。

人工智能帮助我们打造了新的现实，

Can we go to that space?

Can we fill it with our feelings, our senses?

也将可能性空间投射进了我们的现实。

Large language models are just the beginning

我们可以走进这个空间吗？

of a long journey of innovations [which] will bring more possibilities.

并注入我们的感受和感官？

Soon, I believe we will be exploring hyper models,

大型语言模型只是带来更多可能性的

创新长路的开端。

text to image, to sound,

to scent, to life.

相信不久我们就能探索超级模型，

And a big challenge using generative AI in art

文本转图片，转声音，

is how to provide models with original data.

转气味，转生命。

在艺术上使用人工智能的一大挑战

For this project, “Glacier Dreams,”

we decided not to use existing models.

Instead, we decided to collect our own image,

是如何给模型提供原始数据。

sound, scent and climate data.

在“冰川梦”这个项目中，

我们决定不使用现有模型，

By traveling to our first destination, Iceland,

而是自己收集照片、

we were able to capture the beginning of our own narratives of glaciers.

声音、气味和气候数据。

我们前往了第一个目的地冰岛，

I also believe that AI's capacity can be mapped

捕捉了我们自己的冰川故事的开头。

onto the complex history of human wisdom and consciousness in nature.

Could we use AI to preserve and learn about ancient knowledge in nature?

我也相信人工智能的能力可以映射到

人类智慧和意识在自然界的复杂历史中。

This was one of the first questions in my mind

可以用人工智能保护、 学习自然界的古老知识吗？

when I met with the wonderful leaders

of Yawanawa tribe in Brazil, Acre, Amazonia, in the rainforest.

我和巴西阿克里州亚马逊雨林的 亚瓦纳瓦部落的优秀领导人见面时，

My mentors and heroes, Chief Nixiwaka and his creative force Putanny,

马上就想到了这个问题。

who oversee their cultural preservation and ecological sanctuary.

我的导师和英雄， 尼西瓦卡（Nixiwaka）酋长

I became deeply inspired by their ways of learning

和他的创作伙伴普塔妮（Putanny）

and remembering already existing knowledge in nature.

一起监督着他们的 文化保护和生态保护区。

Together we started a new project,

我因他们学习、铭记大自然中 现有知识的方式深受启发。

a respectful co-creation and open-source AI rainforest model.

我们一起做了一个新项目，

With this model,

generative AI can even reconstruct extinct flora and fauna

一个相互尊重的 合作开源人工智能雨林模型。

based on the tribe's deep and collective knowledge.

有了这个模型，

人工智能甚至可重现已灭绝动植物，

This project will help us, hopefully,

to bring ancient wisdom to our society respectfully.

基于部落渊博的集体知识。

My hope is that one day

希望这个项目

AI becomes a mirror that can reflect collective memories of all humanity.

可以将古老的智慧带进我们的社会。

我希望有朝一日人工智能

And I do believe that we can use it to bring people of any age and culture,

会成为一面反映人类共同记忆的镜子。

inspiration, joy and hope.

我相信我们能借此为任何年龄和文化的人

Thank you.

(Applause)

带来启发、快乐和希望。

谢谢。

（掌声）