Richard Adams discusses the future of media and how technology will change various industries like television, radio, photography, music, writing and more. He predicts that computation and artificial intelligence will enable anyone to easily create high quality content in these fields. Technologies like machine learning, predictive algorithms and automated content production will disrupt traditional media jobs and business models. Content will be personalized and delivered on-demand to audiences. The lines between creator and consumer will blur as everyone has the ability to generate and share media.
2. A little about me
• Pioneering digital artists
• About 30 interactive TV
shows
• Communities and Dating
• Websites and apps
• Architect/ strategist
• Marketing
• Educator
• Image maker, writer and musician
4. Technology
• Computation
• Machine learning
• Always-on, on demand
• Automation
• AI
• Bots
• Self managing machines
• Neuroscience
• Genetics
• Invisible companies
• Massive platforms
• Hyper locality
• Few management jobs
• Automated content
production/smart delivery
• Interfaces between people
and machines
• Goods made in your own
home
5.
6. Media Landscape – TV and Radio
Broadcast Narrowcast Omnicast Personal cast Predictive
Everyone can make TV and radio
Computerised playlists predictive AI
Rajar figures show disappearance of trad radio among young
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilzoDhmwg1w
http://coed.com/2015/12/25/best-snapchat-story-videos-of-year-top-snapstories-clips/
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-snapchat-is-the-new-tv-1486209602
http://www.adweek.com/creativity/ibms-watson-made-trailer-horror-movie-first-ai-173234/
https://arstechnica.com/the-multiverse/2016/06/an-ai-wrote-this-movie-and-its-strangely-moving/
https://www.wareable.com/vr/cannes-best-vr-films-experiences
http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-
blogs/mythbusting-radio-1-losing-500000-
listeners-half-story-1971412
7. Media Landscape – Photography
From chemicals to pixels
and from personal to
shared
Anyone can be a
photographer
Computation is
rendering the old crafts
redundant
Google dreams creates
images
Everyone has a high quality camera
Go Pro’s are the new documentary
https://deepdreamgenerator.com/
https://petapixel.com/2013/03/25/extremely-realistic-computer-generated-imagery-is-killing-photography-jobs/v
https://whickersworldfoundation.com/2016/03/how-emerging-technology-is-shaping-the-future-of-documentary-filmmaking/
8. Live Recorded Multitracking Sequencing
Computer
assisted
composiing
Orchestra in
a box
Sampling
Computer
generated
and
algorithmic
music
Media Landscape – audio/music
Recording studio on your phone
Generative music
http://www.flow-machines.com/tag/listen-to-artificial-intelligence-music/
http://computoser.com/
9. “Apple Inc (AAPL) on Tuesday reported fiscal first-quarter net income of
$18.02bn.
“The Cupertino, California-based company said it had profit of $3.06 per
share.
“The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The maker of iPhones, iPads
and other products posted revenue of $74.6bn in the period, also exceeding
Street forecasts. Analysts expected $67.38bn…”
10. Media Landscape – writing
Oral Written Publishing Blogging Self pub
Computer
assisted
journalism
AI writing
Forbes has joined a group of 30 clients using Narrative Science software to write computer-generated stories.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/28/computer-writing-journalism-artificial-intelligence
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/08/opinion/sunday/if-an-algorithm-wrote-this-how-would-you-even-know.html
http://www.copyblogger.com/algorithm-writing/
11. Combine that with Neuroscience
1. Understanding why and how we like
arts
2. The brain is NOT a computer
• https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23231041-900-neuroscience-vs-art-lets-talk-across-
the-divide/
• http://axnscollective.org/
12. So what about you?
Director becomes a rules creator
Writer creates the world
Journalist becomes a VR director
Filmmakers – no limit on sets, any actor you
like, computer assisted story generation
Photographer - director
18. Ps… Definitions
• Algorithm; a process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or
other problem-solving operations, especially by a computer.
• AI; intelligence exhibited by machines. In computer science, the field
of AI research defines itself as the study of "intelligent agents": any
device that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize
its chance of success at some goal. Colloquially, the term "artificial
intelligence" is applied when a machine mimics "cognitive" functions
that humans associate with other human minds, such as "learning" and
"problem solving" (known as Machine Learning)
Notes de l'éditeur
The new landscape is characterised by these underpinnings leading to many changes
What's so surprising about this?
Picasso famously said that “Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.” It’s interesting that in the intervening years computing has become so embedded and part of the fabric of everyday life that we might be tempted to disregard this as being anachronistic. But there is a truth at its heart that is still there. Artists ask questions, that's what we do, in a very real sense we don’t want answers. When I walk into a gallery and see a series of paintings, I see each one as a set of questions in the artists progress, not a set of complete answers as most of the public do. What is interesting is that most of the computer art I have seen and been involved with is precisely not about answers and is about questions. It never was.