Reflections on Mechanical Creativity

by Van Arman

/systems create algorithmic perspective

/robots express machine perspective

/humans react with their perspective


a synthetic system

...synthetic perspective

...synthetic creativity

Reflection provides a look inside generative AI, revealing the machine's perspective as it creates art. Rather than detailing the complex mechanics behind Reflection's creative system, it is better to show how it works. Watch as dozens of AI algorithms collaborate to complete a painting. Some imagine, some express, and others offer technical guidance, all reacting in real time to the art emerging on the canvas. Each mark remains in the end, the detritus of the creative struggle. The process is Reflection's art, the timelapse is a glimpse into its mind, and the painted canvas is a physical manifestation of its synthetic creativity.

Pindar Van Arman