TechMarketView “GinAI” art competition

At our wonderful annual event held at the end of September, we held an incredibly fun competition set in the elegant surroundings of Mall Galleries, just off Trafalgar Square.

Those of you who were there will have heard the talk from Chief Analyst, Georgina O’Toole, on GenAI. The response, both on the night and subsequently, has been superb. Georgina referenced TechMarketView’s unique data sets and explained our idea of the “GenAI Dividend”. Turns out things are not quite as rosy as others may tell you.

Let me know if you’d like to hear Georgina’s pitch and what it means for your organisation.

It was also my pleasure on the night to introduce the crowd to another TechMarketView ‘concept’: “GinAI”. Seeing as there’s no such thing as a free lunch (and that the event took place against the backdrop of the Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Exhibition) – we felt the need for a competition.

In order to win a bottle of TechMarketView’s very own gin (yes, we’re branching out), attendees on the night had to use GenAI to create their own maritime-inspired artwork. And wow, we had some weird and wonderful entrees!

The winner, however, was Matthew Grisoni from CGI with his rather disturbing yellow submarine (see image). Matthew took home a bottle of the “No Hallucinations” TechMarketView “GinAI”.

The artwork was not the only disturbing aspect, however. As certain guests entered their prompts into the GenAI tool, the bias in the outputs was clear. And even though some providers of image-generating AI tools do warn of this possibility, it is still quite striking when you see it. For example, some guests wanted to depict TechMarketView’s three female Partners (me, Georgina, and Deb), but GenAI’s spin on this was rather more ‘sultry’ than intended (see image). AI imagery is a topic I have written about before, including Dove’s “Real Beauty Prompt Playbook” – see AI imagery fires up an emotive week of debate.

Thanks once again to everyone who came along to our networking reception and we will see you next time…..

Posted by Kate Hanaghan at '08:25' - Tagged: bias   art