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TEC175: Are AI art generators creating art? Who is the artist in this case? Dom Bettinelli and Pat Scott discuss art and technology and the limits of artificial intelligence in creating art or assisting artists in its creation. Plus Amazon dark patterns and smart thermostat’s unexpected strains.

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Links for this episode:

• Midjourney’s enthralling AI art generator goes live for everyone | PCWorld
• How to make AI art: DALL-E mini, AI Dungeon, and more | PCWorld
• Is DALL-E’s art borrowed or stolen? | Engadget
• Can AI Create True Art? – Scientific American Blog Network
• Amazon agrees to drop Prime cancellation ‘dark patterns’ in Europe – TechCrunch
• Smart thermostats inadvertently strain electric power grids | Cornell Chronicle
• 1,500 Tesla Powerwall owners have already joined the new virtual power plant in California – Electrek

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