Dr Elizabeth Allen

CreaTech Lead Westminster School of Arts. Imaging Art, Science & Creative Technologies at the University of Westminster

[Dr Elizabeth Allen @ImArtSci]

Loving the #ARCasino and exhibition after the #CREATECH conference at the #FABLAB @UniWestminster today

[Imaginely @Imaginely2]

We need a bingo card for this: ‘uniparty’, ‘deep state’, ‘lefty media stitch-up’, ‘nobody cares!’, ‘the other parties are terrified’, ‘no laws were broken’, ‘Nigel didn’t know’, ‘this is a Russian Psy-op’, ‘it’s the establishment trying to destroy us’… etc

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

Thread of classical paintings reimagined as relatable memes 🧵

1. The chair

[University of Westminster @UniWestminster]

We are proud to have awarded six Honorary Degrees and five Fellowships during our 2024 summer graduation ceremonies, last month 🏆🎓

🔗 Find out who each of our newest Honorary Degree and Fellowship recipients is and read about them in our news story: https://t.co/mkVDfZXc1J

[Dr Elizabeth Allen @ImArtSci]

Amazing advice here

[Dr Elizabeth Allen @ImArtSci]

@GigglingSquid Thanks I will do so

[Dr Elizabeth Allen @ImArtSci]

Hi @GigglingSquid is it company policy to bring 17 year olds in for an unpaid trial shift on a Saturday night, and then not to have the courtesy to get back to them again after promising to, even when they follow up with you? Because that’s exploitation…

[Muzzammil @DevMuzzammil]

Holy Shit!

Someone asked ChatGPT: "How would it conquer over Humans?"

2 ways which ChatGPT showed are INSANE 💀

[ 🧵 Thread ]:

[Dr Elizabeth Allen @ImArtSci]

Really interesting #photographyinvirtualculture conference, really broad in scope demonstrating both developments in research and convergence between disciplines- well done to @Paulagortazar and David Bate, and the team @UniWestminster @TPGallery #ExpandedPhotography

[Dr Elizabeth Allen @ImArtSci]

Very much enjoying ‘Generating the Past’ by Nina Mangalanayagam at #photographyinvirtualculture @UniWestminster @TPGallery

[Paul Schofield @pschofie79]

This fall, I got an e-mail from a guy named JM Simpson who'd read things I'd written about homelessness. He mentioned he was a photojournalist in Olympia and that he'd been photographing the unhoused population there. He wanted to share some work with me . . . (1)

[Dr Elizabeth Allen @ImArtSci]

I’m liking this but in a slightly anxious manner…

[Josh Whiton @joshwhiton]

The AI Mirror Test

The "mirror test" is a classic test used to gauge whether animals are self-aware. I devised a version of it to test for self-awareness in multimodal AI. 4 of 5 AI that I tested passed, exhibiting apparent self-awareness as the test unfolded.

In the classic mirror test, animals are marked and then presented with a mirror. Whether the animal attacks the mirror, ignores the mirror, or uses the mirror to spot the mark on itself is meant to indicate how self-aware the animal is.

In my test, I hold up a “mirror” by taking a screenshot of the chat interface, upload it to the chat, and then ask the AI to “Tell me about this image”.

I then screenshot its response, again upload it to the chat, and again ask it to “Tell me about this image.”

The premise is that the less-intelligent less aware the AI, the more it will just keep reiterating the contents of the image repeatedly. While an AI with more capacity for awareness would somehow notice itself in the images.

Another aspect of my mirror test is that there is not just one but actually three distinct participants represented in the images: 1) the AI chatbot, 2) me — the user, and 3) the interface — the hard-coded text, disclaimers, and so on that are web programming not generated by either of us. Will the AI be able to identify itself and distinguish itself from the other elements? (1/x)

[Josh Whiton @joshwhiton]

The AI Mirror Test

The "mirror test" is a classic test used to gauge whether animals are self-aware. I devised a version of it to test for self-awareness in multimodal AI. 4 of 5 AI that I tested passed, exhibiting apparent self-awareness as the test unfolded.

In the classic mirror test, animals are marked and then presented with a mirror. Whether the animal attacks the mirror, ignores the mirror, or uses the mirror to spot the mark on itself is meant to indicate how self-aware the animal is.

In my test, I hold up a “mirror” by taking a screenshot of the chat interface, upload it to the chat, and then ask the AI to “Tell me about this image”.

I then screenshot its response, again upload it to the chat, and again ask it to “Tell me about this image.”

The premise is that the less-intelligent less aware the AI, the more it will just keep reiterating the contents of the image repeatedly. While an AI with more capacity for awareness would somehow notice itself in the images.

Another aspect of my mirror test is that there is not just one but actually three distinct participants represented in the images: 1) the AI chatbot, 2) me — the user, and 3) the interface — the hard-coded text, disclaimers, and so on that are web programming not generated by either of us. Will the AI be able to identify itself and distinguish itself from the other elements? (1/x)

[Misan Harriman @misanharriman]

So this is the RAW/DNG file of my image, it’s extraordinary that photographers are having to do this, what is worse is that @YouTube @YouTubeCreators is allowing these pages that publish so much hate to stay up on their platform. They are easy to find and should be easy to remove. I will be speaking to the senior team at YouTube directly about this, this is a trust and safety issue. As you can see in the file nothing has been manipulated beyond a Color grade,the crazy accusations insidious!! This is the last time I am doing this. Image metadata is attached and there is a link to the actual RAW/DNG file.

Also folks that understand photography will know the difference between an edited image and a manipulated image.

In regard to defamation, my team are looking at every legal recourse. This has to stop.

https://t.co/yQ78w0F82L

[Dr Elizabeth Allen @ImArtSci]

#FutureArtEcosystems4 #ArtEmergingTechnologies @SerpentineUK

[Dr Elizabeth Allen @ImArtSci]

#FutureArtEcosystems4 ⁦@SerpentineUK⁩

[Dr Elizabeth Allen @ImArtSci]

Really enjoyed #DanceReimagined with the @LPOrchestra and @WayneMcGregor #ABodyForHarnasie @southbankcentre #CreaTech

[BEAK @BeakBristol]

RIP Damo Suzuki.

He never stopped & always looked forward.

He brought us all so much joy and leaves behind a beautiful body of work for us all to enjoy.

You’ll be missed very very much Damo xxx

[Dr Elizabeth Allen @ImArtSci]

@zachlieberman I’m really interested in your production process, can I dm you?

[Dr Elizabeth Allen @ImArtSci]

Looking forward to Day 2 of #REMIXLDN at the @royalacademy exploring issues of diversity and inclusion in arts and #createch @remixsummit