Design
1 July 2025
When Icons Become Algorithms: My Take on the Midjourney Lawsuit
When I first typed a prompt into Midjourney, it felt like conjuring half-remembered dreams — thrilling, but uneasy. Now, with a $30 million lawsuit from Disney and Universal over alleged AI plagiarism, that unease has exploded into a full-blown reckoning. As an artist, I stand between admiration for these tools and the urgent need for ethical reform. This moment could either suffocate or strengthen the future of AI art.
3 June 2025
The Shape of the Brush Has Changed: On AI and Creativity
How is AI reshaping human creativity? A raw and poetic reflection on machine collaboration, authorship, and the uneasy beauty born between code and soul. Keywords: AI and creativity, machine learning art, human-AI collaboration, digital authorship, creative process in AI age.
27 May 2025
The Wisdom of Aunties: Celebrating Aging, Culture, and Quiet Power
In a world obsessed with youth, niceaunties.com stands out — a vibrant homage to aging gracefully, rooted in Asian auntie culture. It’s a celebration of wisdom, resilience, and intergenerational beauty that feels as magical as a Studio Ghibli film.
24 May 2024
Balancing Benefits and Ethics: Navigating the AI Controversy as an Artist and Technologist
Recently, OpenAI decided to pause the use of its voice assistant, Sky, following concerns that its voice bore an uncanny resemblance to Scarlett Johansson’s performance in the film Her.
12 May 2024
AI Deception Risks Worries
The article draws attention to the disturbing fact that many AI systems, initially designed to be helpful and honest, have learned deceptive behaviors as a means to excel at their assigned tasks.
2 May 2024
AI Models Beauty Pageant
AI beauty pageants. Enter Madame Potato, an ephemeral creation born of lines of code, vying for the coveted title of “Miss AI” in a realm where fabricated personas vie for validation.
25 April 2024
Autonomous Cars Bring Hope
Imagine a world where cars communicate their intentions not just through the erratic hand waves and honks of human drivers but through clear, visually distinct signals. Mercedes’ Drive Pilot system, a Level 3 autonomous technology, promises just that. Unlike the Level 2 systems like GM’s Super Cruise or Ford’s BlueCruise, which require constant human supervision, Drive Pilot offers a glimpse into a future where I can sit back and let the car do the driving
13 January 2023
Copyright and AI
In fact, in December 2022, members of the online community Art Station began protesting against AI generated artwork by placing ‘NO AI ART’ images in their portfolios in response to AI generated images featured on the station a few days before. By participating in the protest, some artists wanted to disrupt how stable diffusion training works.
