Avery Singer on TikTok, AI, and Polarized Society
In an interview with Monopol, artist Avery Singer discusses how TikTok radicalizes people and explores the impact of AI on image-making. Singer uses painting to investigate contemporary technology, synthetic images, and societal polarization. The interview touches on wars appearing on screens, political debates accelerated by algorithms, and the difficulty of determining the origin of AI-generated images. Singer focuses on the changes already underway rather than the euphoria or doom scenarios common in AI discussions. The article is behind a paywall, part of Monopol Plus subscription.
Key facts
- Avery Singer uses painting to explore contemporary technology.
- The interview covers AI, polarized society, and synthetic images.
- Singer discusses how TikTok radicalizes people.
- Wars appear on screens and political debates are accelerated by algorithms.
- AI produces images with increasingly hard-to-trace origins.
- Singer focuses on changes already happening, not just euphoria or doom.
- The article is from Monopol magazine.
- The interview is behind a paywall (Monopol Plus).
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