"AI? It’s a creativity steroid!" - Futurist Jim Carroll
Smart creative types are quickly learning how to leverage the idea of AI art, and are drinking from a creative firehose. It is simply staggering to see how quickly things are evolving out there.
Take the case of Kelly Boesch. I have no idea who she is, or where she is located, but am mesmerized by her work after it crossed my path one day.
Check out this fascinating video, with all the scenes AND music generated by AI. (The scenes are from MidJourney, animated with RunwayML, and the music is from Suno.)
Writes Kelly in her post related to her work:
I’m completely obsessed with AI. I create AI images and video. Hope you enjoy my stuff.
She goes on:
I made another one of these dancing music videos last night. It took me a while to get a song i liked and then i finally got this . The images were made with #Midjourney. Animated with @Runway. Music made with #Sunoai.
That will mostly be incomprehensible, but it implies that she is working hard at redefining her creative boundaries through a relentless exploration of what she can do with all the AI tools available to her.
Suffice it to say, I'm obsessed with her work. Here's another one:
You need to watch this! Read about her process:
I created this video from start to finish in exactly 70 minutes. Video created using Runway Gen3 And VO also created in Runway. Script created in ChatGPT. I edited it in B Premiere. This is getting insane how good the video is getting. This is fun! So excited I get to test the new Runway.
And another one!
Or this one about, well, pugs:
One of my besties is visiting for the weekend and suggested I make a pug video so i came up with this idea. I had so much fun making the last dog video so I was excited to do another one. I prompted this song in Suno and created the video using RunwayML Gen3. I’m told people really love their pugs lol. Enjoy.
You can find her work on Youtube, Instagram, and other social networks.
This is but one person working away at exploring the boundaries of AI to explore their artistic imaginations. There are thousands if not tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of folks like Kelly, working away, redefining their creativity engines. There is no doubt that within the next few years, all of this is going to go mainstream with television, radio, and film impacted in new and different ways.
Not only that, but new business models for monetization of this creative process are going to emerge. Just the other day, Suno - one of the most popular AI music generation programs, and the one used by Kelly - announced a deal and a contest with the popular artist Timbaland.
There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that something new is emerging in the field of artistic creativity, at a furious speed - and we have no idea how it is all going to turn out!
But what I do know is that the results are already astounding, and we're barely scratching the surface of what's possible, as the tools behind the scenes are themselves evolving and maturing at an astonishing speed.
Stay tuned and buckle up - AI is a steroid for creativity!
Futurist Jim Carroll was never successful at the creative arts, but he knows a new foundation for creative arts when he sees one!