In an unprecedeed eve, the Vienna University of Applied Arts in Austria has accepted an artificial ielligence called Flynn as an official stude in digital art. Flynn, who iroduces himself as a non -binary creature, attends classes like other human studes, accepts criticism and even scores.
The meaning of non -binary creature is that Flynn is neither human nor a program, but something between the two that has its own independe ideity.
Like other studes, the Flynn acceptance process included sending samples, ierviews and qualification tests. University officials have stated that there are no restrictions on accepting inhumane studes in the by -law.
Flynn is developed using large language models and open source tools such as Stable Diffusion and managed by a stude in the field. This artificial ielligence publishes notes every day about his experiences on his personal website. Developers say Flynn uses ieraction with masters and classmates to improve his algorithm and only speaks in the classroom when he is asked.
The purpose of the project is to rethink the concept of “individual genius” in art and create new platforms for cooperation between human and machine. Flynn will officially be a university stude from the fall semester, but has begun attending some classes in March to measure his ieraction with studes.
