Harold Cohen: AARON - Discussing the Earliest Artificial Intelligence Program for Artmaking

Christiane Paul, Curator of Digital Art, and David Lisbon, Curatorial Assistant, the curatorial team behind Harold Cohen: AARON, share insights in this conversation about the show on the Whitney’s 8th Floor.
This exhibition traces the evolution of Harold Cohen’s AARON, the earliest artificial intelligence (AI) program for artmaking. Leaving behind his practice as an established painter in London, Cohen (1928-2016) conceived the software in the late 1960s at the University of California, San Diego, and named it AARON in the early 1970s. Cohen understood his work with AARON to be a collaboration, and he devoted his life to exploring the potential of artificial intelligence to translate an artist’s knowledge and process into code.
This exhibition is organized by Christiane Paul, Curator of Digital Art, with David Lisbon, Curatorial Assistant. Harold Cohen: AARON is on view from February 3-May 19, 2024.
Learn more about the exhibition here: whitney.org/exhibitions/harol...
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[@dweeb511]

Wonderful video! Thanks, Christiane Paul and David Lisbon. An engaged process and strong conceptual framework are indeed what makes this work truly interesting and wonderful. A good lesson for many "AI artists" who work with simple prompts, and believe they are making art.

[@esjuve]

Thank you so much for this presentation!!

[@jaimecleeland7070]

Wonderful introduction to AARON

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[@joenalven4056]

There is no explanation on how color gets on the canvas. Lines are made. But color?

[@raineterno8370]

AI art is still soulless, machines are yet to develop software of the Human experience. Process that...😉🤔

[@robynmarkcum5070]

When is this exhibition?

[@whitney_museum]

Harold Cohen: AARON is on view from February 3-May 19, 2024!