A conversation with Dr. Emily L. Spratt who is both a noted art historian and data scientist working at the forefront of artificial intelligence’s advancement into the world of visual art. Dr. Spratt provides a framework for understanding how AI is impacting the art world, while also examining the philosophical, ethical and legal questions that the technology is forcing us to face. Dr. Spratt also details her collaboration with acclaimed French Chef Alain Passard and his Three-Star Michelin restaurant Arpège in Paris. In her “Gastronomic Algorithms” project, Dr. Spratt used AI to analyze and generate experimental images intended to emulate both Passard’s plated dishes and the portraits of the Renaissance painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo.

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https://direct.mit.edu/leon/article-abstract/54/6/631/98264/Gastronomic-Algorithms-Artistic-and-Sensory