Student AI Art Contest

 

Introduction:

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has grown tremendously within the last 10 years. Well-known examples include self-driving cars, game prowess including Go, Chess, and various Atari games. Recently Stable Diffusion, and other AI-based programs, have captured the headlines with their ability to transform text into spectacular pieces of art. In 2018 a recent AI-generated portrait sold for $432,500 [1]. In 2022

To acknowledge these advances in AI, Drs. Boetticher and Datta are sponsoring an AI Art Contest open to all full-time (SP23) students at the University of Houston-Clear Lake. This is the first AI Art Contest ever held in the state of Texas. This contest allows students to unleash their creativity using a program called Stable Diffusion (Additional links below). Participants of the competition will be eligible for cash prizes along with their work being displayed in the Delta building. The Delta building houses the Computing Sciences and Engineering departments.

Contest Rules:

·         This contest is open to all full-time undergraduate and graduate students at UHCL that will be full-time during the Spring, 2023 semester.

·         Submissions must be an original work created using Stable Diffusion after 10/25/2022.

Stable Diffusion Link: https://www.howtogeek.com/830179/how-to-run-stable-diffusion-on-your-pc-to-generate-ai-images/

Stable Diffusion Tutorial: https://medium.com/the-techlife/stable-diffusion-beginners-tutorial-8c42470810a7

·         Art Themes: Emerging Technologies (e.g. Computing Science or Engineering).

·         Keep it PG.

·         One submission per person is allowed.

·         Submissions must include:

1)   A submitted image (JPG preferred).

2)   The actual Python Code which should generate the same image.

      This is done by using the same random number.

3)   A two-sentence description or title.

4)   Completed and signed release form

5)   Contact info (Full Name, Student ID, Phone).

·         Deadline: December 31, 2022 at midnight (central time).

·         Email your submission to: Boetticher@uhcl.edu

·         Winners will be announced on Wednesday,

February 1, 2023 at Noon in the Delta lobby.

 

 

 

Grand Prize: $100

Second Prize: $75

Third Prize: $25

 

References

1. From: https://www.christies.com/features/a-collaboration-between-two-artists-one-human-one-a-machine-9332-1.aspx

2. From: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/02/technology/ai-artificial-intelligence-artists.html