Floridi Luciano - The Abolition Of Man: The Deluxe Edition - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: " The Abolition of Man is a thorough test drive of AI image making and the results are extraordinary appalling compelling cold hot beautiful repellant and should be abolished." Dave Mc Kean Prompt Sandman Cages " Chilling. Exciting. Bizarre." Jim Rugg Cartoonist Kayfabe Street Angel Hulk: Grand Design " The Abolition Of Man is a curiously uneasy experiment. One that almost seems as if the construction of it is trying to discover why it should exist. That alone is worth the time to explore it." J H Williams III (Echolands The Sandman Overture Batwoman Promethea) Don't miss out on one of the most innovative graphic novels of the decade. Conceived of and executed by fine - artist/educator/philosopher turned Eisner Award nominated cartoonist Carson Grubaugh The Abolition of Man Deluxe Edition collects all five issues of the groundbreaking series of the same name the first comic series in history to be entirely illustrated by an Artificial Intelligence. In a series of four interwoven experiments Grubaugh used Midjourney AI to interpret an essay by renowned thinker C. S. Lewis imagine a satirical dystopian future illustrate an AI generated script and finally to produce graphics for an essay provided by Oxford Philosopher of Information and AI & Data Ethics policy advisor to the EU UK Google etc. Luciano Floridi. All of these strands alternately hilarious and terrifying weave together to give a chilling peek into the world of the future where humans and their most treasured passions have lost all purpose. This deluxe hardcover edition contains loads of exclusive content including a reprint of the extremely rare Dall - E 2 variant edition of The Abolition of Man #1, in which the entire interior of issue #1 was re - illustrated using Dall - E 2. The collection also includes two pieces of philosophical writing produced by Grubaugh between 2007 and 2018 that were the source of inspiration for this project. These essays included predictions about the banal content apocalypse AI is now making a reality. Also accompanying the Abolition of Man project are a series of long - form discussions about the ethics and impact of AI art with superstar guests Dave Mc Kean (illustrator) NFN Kalyan (fine artist) John Mahoney (concept designer filmmaker) and Luciano Floridi (Philosopher of Information Data and AI Ethics policy maker). These are posted to Living The Line's You Tube channel and linked in the book. This singular project will hold an important place not only in the history of comics but in the history of art as it is the first of its kind to engage with the most important moment in the history of art since some wasteful cave - person blew juice at their hand on a wall instead of drinking it.
Title: The Abolition Of Man: The Deluxe Edition
Author(s): Floridi Luciano
Publisher: Living The Line Llc
Barcode: 9781736860571
Pages: 228 Pages
Publication Date: 9/5/2023
Category: Graphic Novels: Literary & Memoirs