Claudia Bloom

Website: http://www.claudiabloom.art

Bio: Claudia is a Berkeley artist who has published an editorial cartoon series “On Line” in the Berkeley Times and illustrations in the BHS Jacket newspaper. She was awarded the 2023 Silver Key award in painting from the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. She is a senior at Berkeley High School and the president and founder of the Philosophy Club.

Statement: In Conversations, a physical and metaphorical dialogue between AI and human ensues as the process of prompting (inputting desired image outcome into AI platform), recreating (manually drawing the AI image), and clipping (converting the produced art into a written prompt) repeats. In blending the capabilities and creativity of the AI and the human artist, Conversations aims to explore AI being implemented as a legitimate tool and a springboard for creativity, rather than a competitor. Further, the series of works delves into the question of whether algorithms can possess 'creativity.' Does the validity of “AI creativity” allude to a uniquely human creativity?