AI and ethical conundrums

I am one of a group of faculty members who have organised a symposium on «AI and Art» at our university on January 12th. It seemed natural for me; I have always been interested in the ways artists explore new technologies, and push them in ways that perhaps was not intended. This was why I led an initiative that leaned heavily into Virtual and Extended Reality, despite some significant scepsisism from many of the filmmakers who teach at the Norwegian Film School. New technologies always come with baggage; I don’t believe there is such a thing as a completely neutral…

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Insight Out raw

I attended the 2012 Insight Out seminar at the film school in Potsdam, Germany from March 19 to 23 this year. I am dumping my “raw” notes here; they are unfiltered, unspellchecked and a little unstructured. They are useful to me – if nothing else, the act of taking notes helps me remember things – but probably not to anyone else… Day 1 _________________________________________ Session 1 general overview of workflows and formats in digital film and home entertainment – by Flying Eye – media management consultants; ie getting the techies and creatives to understand each other. Background: jan. 19th Kodak…

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Nettbrett i filmutdanning

Den siste tiden har sett en voldsom økning i antall nettbrett som brukes på Filmskolen, både blant studenter og ansatte.  Det samme skjer på Høskolen i Lillehammer generelt, og IT avdelingen har nå kommet med en anbefaling. Denne anbefalingen gjelder ikke ansatte eller studenter på Filmskolen.  Selv om Android er et meget godt operativsystem finnes det per dd. ikke nok filmrelaterte apps til den platformen.  De aller fleste som lager apps som kan brukes i filmindustrien lager dem kun for iOS (dvs. iPad). En kort liste er: Filmproduksjon krever avanserte og spesialiserte planleggingsverktøy, og standarden i norsk og internasjonal filmproduksjon…

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