Maria Luce Lupetti
@mlucel.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Critical Design & AI @ Politecnico di Torino
Reposted by Maria Luce Lupetti
"It’s not that OpenAI picked something cute and accidentally the co-founder of that studio hates. OAI picked Ghibli because Miyazaki hates their approach
It is display of power: You, as artist, animator, illustrator, writer are powerless. We will take what we want & do what we want. Because we can"
It is display of power: You, as artist, animator, illustrator, writer are powerless. We will take what we want & do what we want. Because we can"
OpenAI's move to allow generating "Ghibly stlye" images isn't just a cute PR stunt. It is an expression of dominance and the will to reject and refuse democratic values. It is a vulgar display of power.
https://tante.cc/2025/03/28/vulgar-display-of-power/
https://tante.cc/2025/03/28/vulgar-display-of-power/
Vulgar Display of Power
Hayao Miyasaki is the co-founder of Studio Ghibli, a Japanese animation studio known worldwide for their stunning, emotional, beautiful stories and movies. At the core of Studio Ghibli’s work is a deep engagement with questions of humanity. About what it means to be a human, about how to care for one another and the world […]
tante.cc
March 28, 2025 at 1:22 PM
"It’s not that OpenAI picked something cute and accidentally the co-founder of that studio hates. OAI picked Ghibli because Miyazaki hates their approach
It is display of power: You, as artist, animator, illustrator, writer are powerless. We will take what we want & do what we want. Because we can"
It is display of power: You, as artist, animator, illustrator, writer are powerless. We will take what we want & do what we want. Because we can"
This week I had the great pleasure of joining the course on "AI Powered Design" led by @marihum.bsky.social , at Politecnico di Milano, and sharing a bit of my critical concerns around AI & Robotics. I also took the chance to celebrate my 10 years in academia and shared a bit of old pieces!
March 15, 2025 at 7:27 AM
This week I had the great pleasure of joining the course on "AI Powered Design" led by @marihum.bsky.social , at Politecnico di Milano, and sharing a bit of my critical concerns around AI & Robotics. I also took the chance to celebrate my 10 years in academia and shared a bit of old pieces!
Quite proud to be in this little bunch, and to be the only woman feels even more special. 🙏
www.polito.it/ateneo/comun...
www.polito.it/ateneo/comun...
Fondo Italiano per la Scienza: il Politecnico si aggiudica i finanziamenti per lo sviluppo di quattro progetti di ricerca
Nell’ambito della seconda edizione del programma nazionale FIS per il progresso della ricerca fondamentale, l’Ateneo ha ottenuto fondi per lo sviluppo di quattro progetti negli ambiti delle Scienze Um...
www.polito.it
February 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Quite proud to be in this little bunch, and to be the only woman feels even more special. 🙏
www.polito.it/ateneo/comun...
www.polito.it/ateneo/comun...
My project "Participatory Design Justice for Ethical AI Transitions" has just been awarded 1.3 M € by MUR.
Soon, I'll be hiring 6 PhD students in the space of #designresearch, #HCI, #socialjustice, #participatoryAI, and #explainability. Send good people my way! ✨
Soon, I'll be hiring 6 PhD students in the space of #designresearch, #HCI, #socialjustice, #participatoryAI, and #explainability. Send good people my way! ✨
December 7, 2024 at 3:41 PM
My project "Participatory Design Justice for Ethical AI Transitions" has just been awarded 1.3 M € by MUR.
Soon, I'll be hiring 6 PhD students in the space of #designresearch, #HCI, #socialjustice, #participatoryAI, and #explainability. Send good people my way! ✨
Soon, I'll be hiring 6 PhD students in the space of #designresearch, #HCI, #socialjustice, #participatoryAI, and #explainability. Send good people my way! ✨
Prompting AI to animate an illustration of mine. Not sure how to interpret this 😅
November 29, 2024 at 7:46 PM
Prompting AI to animate an illustration of mine. Not sure how to interpret this 😅
Today I'll share a bit of my daily conundrums with fantastic peeps at Nexa. If you are not in Turin and understand Italian, the event will also be live streamed nexa.polito.it/lunch-118/
118° Nexa Lunch Seminar - From drones to sparkles. A designerly take on AI critique - Nexa Center for Internet & Society
27 novembre 2024 | MARIA LUCE LUPETTI (Politecnico di Torino)
nexa.polito.it
November 27, 2024 at 9:51 AM
Today I'll share a bit of my daily conundrums with fantastic peeps at Nexa. If you are not in Turin and understand Italian, the event will also be live streamed nexa.polito.it/lunch-118/
Just to be sure I don't get to confident in life, today I gave a talk at an architecture event here in Turin. I talked about Design & AI, around tractors, window frames and white collars. I am not sure I won them with my oyster mushrooms chair.
November 22, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Just to be sure I don't get to confident in life, today I gave a talk at an architecture event here in Turin. I talked about Design & AI, around tractors, window frames and white collars. I am not sure I won them with my oyster mushrooms chair.
'Designing Interactions with Robot' the book I edited with Cristina Zaga, Nazli Cila, Selma Sabanovic and Malte F. Jung, is finally in our hands. Official book launch soon! 🎉
November 20, 2024 at 5:02 PM
'Designing Interactions with Robot' the book I edited with Cristina Zaga, Nazli Cila, Selma Sabanovic and Malte F. Jung, is finally in our hands. Official book launch soon! 🎉