It’s where we all go to reimagine our world which is why it’s almost inevitable when La La Land goes AI Land.
And not only because of the factory that is Silicon Valley up the road, which churns out these mad robotic tech-bro geniuses.
Who, never shy to flaunt their wares, are opening up a new AI museum, Dataland, in the City of Angels.
To show us the future of the human race.
And if you’re hearing echoes of floaty hippy Joni Mitchell ringing in your ears it’s not AI feedback.
‘They took all the trees and put them in a tree museum and charged all the people a dollar and a half just to see them.’
Only don’t be surprised if the tech-bros of the Oo Es of Eh are working on putting all the people in a people museum.
Some like it hot
Of course, in LA, you find out quickly that little is as you expect.
From the West Hollywood waiters who are not waiting for you.s
But canning the room for Martin’s Scorsese or Greta Gerwig to walk in.
To Marilyn Monroe, who greets you on the Walk of Fame.
The real Marilyn is, of course, at rest in Westwood Village Mortuary, where Playboy Hugh Hefner pushed in next to her.
Because, money buys you access in LA and the Next Big Thing which was what Marilyn was.
When Hefner bought nude pics of her to put on his first edition.
The Next Big Thing
The Next Big Thing we are told now is Artificial Intelligence.
And, of course, it very helpfully offers to write my life every day.
Although, I doubt if they could replicate my thoughts, words or deeds as I don’t even know them myself.
Which is the way it should be for all of us.
But because to be forewarned is to be forearmed.
I reckon I’ll pop by Dataland, the world’s first museum of AI Arts, which has Refik Anadol‘s fingerprints all over it.
When I’m next back in the City of Angels to see who I’m being replaced by.
Of course, it’ll cost more than a dollar and a half.
The tree museum
And as a sample of what’s on offer in Dataland, and we’re not making this up is what Joni was predicting.
Biome Lumina, the first collection powered by the Large Nature Model.
A generative AI system trained on 2.4 million ethically collected images of flora, fauna, and fungi.
Along with rainforest sound recordings, pigment analyses, and biosensor signals.
Dataland’s researchers have, of course, collected its 16 rainforest sites.
Equipped with LiDAR, photogrammetry, and environmental sensors that measure the heartbeat of the forest.
Billed as ‘a bold new frontier in generative art’.
Do the Data
Collectors are told they will be able to engage in dynamic conversations with the artwork.
Through a generative AI interface trained on environmental knowledge and datasets.
Now if you see a Bandanaman in Dataland at the Grand LA in Downtown LA.
We can’t guarantee that it’ll be the authentic but we promise you the real one wouldn’t be found dead there.
Because I have my heart set on the plot the other side of Marilyn Monroe
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Through Dublin with pre-clearance on a sample date from £675.
