Artist Spotlight: AI Art Is Not Art, with Best-Selling AI Artist Claire Silver

Show Notes

With a best-selling genesis piece that sold for 52 ETH on SuperRare and top sales from her "AI Art Is Not Art" collection reaching over 30 ETH, Claire Silver has established herself as a force in the growing AI art movement. Sam sits down with Claire to delve into the misconceptions surrounding AI art, her evolving creation process, and her journey from selling pieces for just 0.08 ETH to becoming one of the best-selling artists in the NFT space. With a deep understanding of the NFT world, Claire shares her thoughts and insights on the movement, having owned NFTs since the early days — including three CryptoPunks.

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[00:28] Who is Claire Silver?
[01:19] What people most misunderstand about AI.
[02:50] Process.
[04:04] Stable Diffusion.
[06:30] Mixing models.
[07:13] Claire's game-changing genesis piece on SuperRare.
[07:54] Blank canvas to finished piece.
[10:15] The story behind Claire's Blood in the Streets, Late to the Ball.
[12:33] Pink hair.
[13:38] Fan art.
[14:26] Page 333.
[17:08] Time.
[18:09] Baudelaire vs. AI.
[19:08] Taste is the new skill.
[20:54] Respected contemporaries.
[24:11] How Claire became an AI artist.
[28:30] A counterintuitive move that led to Claire's first art sales.
[31:19] Self-advocacy and being loud.
[33:21] Anger is an energy.
[37:18] Advice for new artists.
[39:11] What catches Claire's eye as a fellow artist?
[41:03] Scarcity.
[43:55] Cadence.
[46:30] Community participation.
[48:33] AI Art Is Not Art.
[49:51] What's Claire's next project?
[50:16] Evolution of the CryptoPunks community.
[52:37] CryptoPunk 1629.
[54:00] Anonymity.
[56:56] Staying sane on Twitter.
[59:35] CC0 and intellectual copyright.
[1:03:27] Misunderstandings about NFTs.
[1:04:21] Fine Art vs. PFPs.
[1:05:51] Parting thoughts.

Artist Spotlight: AI Art Is Not Art, with Best-Selling AI Artist Claire Silver

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