**Trigger warning: mentions of self-inflicted violence and death by suicide**
Since the rise of artificial intelligence tools around the world, new technological findings continue to impact the Internet. Whether it’s AI speech generators that imitate popular singers or robots that can take on mundane human tasks in a factory, people on the Internet have become increasingly wary of the presence of AI.
Now, raising the stakes and leaving more viewers speechless, Vincent van Gogh’s artificial intelligence avatar offers its surprise package to the Internet. The Post-Impressionist painter offers posthumous revelations about his life and artistic career in a groundbreaking exhibition powered by cutting-edge generative artificial intelligence technology.
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- Where can you find Van Gogh’s AI avatar?
- How does the AI avatar work?
- Why is the exhibition unique?
Where can you find Van Gogh’s AI avatar?
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The artist’s virtual avatar answers questions from attendees at the exhibition “Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise: The Last Months” held at the Orsay Museum in Paris.
How does the AI avatar work?
These answers are generated through careful analysis of the extensive collection of letters written by Van Gogh, addressed primarily to his brother Theo, leading up to his tragic act of self-inflicted gun violence in July 1890.
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When a visitor asked why the painter shot himself in the chest at the age of 37, the artificial incarnation of Van Gogh responded according to The Guardian, “This remains the subject of speculation among historians and specialists. The truth of my motivation remains a mystery even to me. Thank you for understanding my mental health issues.”
Van Gogh’s replica further explains that he did not cut off his entire left ear, but rather a “part of my earlobe,” which he presented to a brothel maid in Arles, France, during a deeply emotional episode in 1888. .
Why is the exhibition unique?
The exhibition, which includes elements of virtual reality, is expected to offer a surprising new perspective on an artist that everyone already knows, according to Christophe Leribault, president of the Musée d’Orsay.
Leribault told the outlet: “We have many letters from Van Gogh. It is rare that an artist has left so many manuscripts and from them it was possible to develop software to have Van Gogh’s answers to our questions, although, of course, it is still a game. With the virtual reality experience, we can immerse ourselves in the world of Van Gogh through the artist’s palette.”
The president considers this exhibition to be an unusual and powerful product that shows the incredible work that Van Gogh created during the last two months of his life experience.
The exhibition will remain in Paris until February 4, 2024, for art lovers who are enchanted by the painter’s ingenious strokes, frames and canvases.
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Source: vtt.edu.vn