GIGABYTE’s AI Era Showcase at Huashan Creative Park in Taipei, Taiwan is a pop-up art installation of sorts that was open to the public during June 1-2 (Saturday, Sunday) and was reserved for the media for the rest of COMPUTEX 2024 week June 3-7.
The event, titled “AI New Era,” aimed to highlight the transformative power of AI through a variety of interactive and immersive experiences. The exhibition was divided into three thematic areas, each showcasing the diverse applications of AI in modern technology and art.
Exhibition Themes
AI “Art”
The experience opens up with a living art display featuring AI “art”. This opening section featured dynamic images and interactive art pieces created by international artists. Contributions include work from Dimension + new media art team led by Escher Tsai (Taiwan) and Keith Lam (Hong Kong), Ygor Marotta from the VJ Suave studio in São Paulo, Brazil, and emerging Taiwanese artist Tim Wei.
Like large displays, dynamic artworks provide a certain allure and the showcase is powered off GIGABYTE AI PC.
VS AI Street Battle
A collaboration with Hello World, the showcase showed a fighting game cabinet with opposing machines setup in a 1v1 design. Obviously an homage to FGC cabinets, the AI Street Battle invites players to battle it out against an AI or another player in a prompt showdown. The AI then decides who wins by selecting who matches the round’s theme best.
I have so many questions about this demo especially on how fair the winner judgment is. Its also using Midjourney rather than an offline genAI tool like SD to create images which means it doesn’t really promote local edge compute for AI.
Its a cringe display and just felt like a waste of the massive stage it was given.
AI Applications Powered by RTX presented by Hugh Hou
Arguably the best section of the GIGABYTE AI Era Showcase, Emmy-nominee Hugh Hou demo’d AI assisted production and broadcast tools for use with entertainment. Speaking to Hugh regarding the landmines that genAI faces right now, he mentions that it’s important to know what you’re allowed to train on and claim as yours. He implies that situations wherein an artstyle has to be done in weekly fashion can now be done via multiple artists instead of the original in tight production e.g. OG Mangaka teams up with producer with Netflix money to create a series.
Said Mangaka has a unique style, with his permission, the producer can hire a team of other artists to create scenes and animation based on his art style, speeding production. Hou showed applications that showed exactly this along with a real-time genAI app that converts in real-time what the camera sees and creates stills with the chosen model applied.
Hou is ecstatic about the potential that genAI gives us to expand creative avenues and as we continue to navigate the AI landscape, we also continue to grow tools that multiply our creativity. You can find Hugh Hou on social media or subscribe to his Youtube channel to stay updated on his content,
The Cringeworthy AI Demo
Despite the overall success of the showcase, one particular AI demonstration stood out for the wrong reasons. The demo, intended to highlight the capabilities of AI in real-time interaction and creativity, fell short of expectations. Technical glitches and awkward interactions marred the presentation, making it an unfortunate standout in an otherwise impressive exhibition.
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