Amy West

Innovation Strategist; Strategic Generalist
Currently tinkering with @forewordvc
Previously @bakkenbaeck, @WeTransfer , @WebSummit , @leprechaun_ie

[POM @peterom]

Banodoco is seeking a front-end/full-stack engineer/AI hacker/UX-person unicorn to work with us to rapidly build an AI animation tool that leverages the technology our community pioneered in far better/smarter ways than those who are ripping us off. Shares appreciated!

About you:

- You pride yourself in making very good things. You want to push yourself and be held to an extremely high standard
- You're very good at everything related to building products/making things and learn fast
- You're probably very interested in AI art and AI in general
- You have made stuff you're proud of in the past that you can share - even though you know you can do a lot better in the future
- You know your profession is going to change immensely and are eager to evolve as the technology does - aspiring to use LLMs and related tech to the max in your work
- You believe we're at an pivotal moment in history and you want to work hard to find a good place in this future
- You take ownership and work very well independently but also accept direction and are low-ego about making decisions. You're also willing to stand your ground if you believe you're right
- You probably believe that a world in which AI art models/workflows/technology are open would be a better one to live in
- You probably have some level of admiration and respect for the open source AI art ecosystem and would like to see it thrive

What you will do:

- To start, you will work with me to build a great front-end tool for Steerable Motion (https://t.co/Z7HyzRm8EG) and related workflows - this is the product of the last 10 months of progress in Animatediff that our community has driven - see thread below
- We will then evolve this rapidly alongside our community and artists
- We will then seek to generalise the components in it - to build an AI-powered tool builder - designed with the assumption that artists will be able to reshape their capabilities into their own unique art tools once we reach GPT-5/6-level AI coding abilities. We ultimately want to facilitate an ecosystem of thousands of weird and unique art tools - created by artists. "We shape our tools, then our tools shape us" belongs in the 20th century. You can read our plan here: https://t.co/VzRgZvDJiF

Disclaimer: we will need to work very fast and to a high-standard if we're not to be left behind. The technology and approaches we pioneered with our community are being ripped off by closed-source companies - see thread below. I believe our version can be better given we have a far deeper understanding of the tools and their ultimate purpose - to create art - than those who copy. Our community is also home to many of the best AI artists and open source AI art inventors - working with them we'll be able to relentlessly evolve the workflows and reach people with the beautiful art they create - check out our community if you haven't: https://t.co/0JF5sDDrM5

You will be paid but not nearly as much as you could probably be paid elsewhere ($5,000/month - like what I'll be paid) - but you will get significant ownership + I believe the chance to be a very significant part in something special. Ideally you're able to start ASAP.

To apply: DM me something you made that you're proud of alongside a short message.

[Amy West @awymest]

@willob @rincidium & to @jamesdelaneyie! Who made this, if anyone feels like turning the results of this idea day into a lil microsite that could be used for logging all the ideas from the community over time... just sayin' https://t.co/KFbday3Yh7

[David McWilliams @davidmcw]

A New Positive vision for Ireland? We talk accelerationism with @willob - hope you enjoy it.
https://t.co/H6TwIq4sKZ

[Amy West @awymest]

@Nalden wazzaaaaaaap

[Amy West @awymest]

@Nalden https://t.co/GDrQtWOGv9

[Xavi Ruiz @xruiztru]

This is a superb visualization of European history (1500-2022).
https://t.co/e87t1bKxYC

[Dries Depoorter @driesdepoorter]

🔥NEW PROJECT!🔥
'The Follower' is software searching how an Instagram photo was taken with the help of AI and open cameras.

Project page: https://t.co/Djzlu3rf39
YouTube video: https://t.co/WpD3gdkPIu
Support my work: https://t.co/lP6wVXSkJ3

🧵👇

[Adam Pickard @adampickard]

I used DALL·E 2's inpainting feature to make a version of Eames Powers of Ten, leaving the prompts in to explain each of the 57 steps. #DALLE @OpenAI #AI

[Amy West @awymest]

@peterom @SarkisBuniatyan @JoAccord omg ❤️

[Amy West @awymest]

@anniewestdotcom @ArtOLeary @IKEAIE 😍

[Jon Erlichman @JonErlichman]

An internet discussion 27 years ago:

[Amy West @awymest]

@skycandystudios @BryantLakeBowl @anniewestdotcom check this

[Amy West @awymest]

"Much of the advice for overcoming self-doubt is to act like men, cultivate honest overconfidence, speak up, reach out, lean in. But we still pay a penalty for doing so."

Sing it Sista! @afuahirsch 💛

https://t.co/DEdbtctt5v

[Amy West @awymest]

@paddycosgrave @boucherhayes @anniewestdotcom

[Amy West @awymest]

I hope my mother doesn't find out about this...

p.s. Thanks @paddycosgrave

[Paddy Cosgrave @paddycosgrave]

I was asked to do a podcast with a former employee @awymest, who worked at @websummit for 3 of the crazy early years, to talk about the good & the bad of working at WS

It's a fair insight, with much laughter

Amy's also one of the most brilliant people
https://t.co/DqSqHRPKEJ

[Amy West @awymest]

@WeAreSelfMade I'd be up for a chat about it at least?

[Amy West @awymest]

@hvixx @ChristinaMilian that's true I did

[Annie West @anniewestdotcom]

THIS IS FANTASTIC. IDIOTS WE ARE YES
"It's hard to commit to being 100% stupid*. NIALL ROGERS yes that is his name and BirdBrain making music for the Fanta Orange commercial
https://t.co/JdW3Jabx3Y

[Garda Info @gardainfo]

Blanchardstown Comm Policing Unit on #Covid19 c/point today encountered this family exercising within 2kms of their home who are aware of #PhysicalDistancing but are from the same family unit.
#StayAtHomeAndStaySafe
#HereToHelp

[Creatives Against COVID-19 @createsvscovid]

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