AI Polaroid Camera v1

2023-2024


The first iteration of the AI Polaroid Camera, created in collaboration with Rowan Page and with photos and videos captured by Maxim Boutin-Reeve, explores the interaction between photography and generative artificial intelligence.

The camera captures a photograph, generates a description of the scene, and then uses this description to produce a new, AI-generated image, which is printed as a physical photo. This process serves as a tool for examining the unpredictable nature of generative AI and its effects on visual representation.
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The AI Polaroid Camera is a tool to explore generative artificial intelligence. By pointing the camera at something interesting, a click of the shutter button generates an image and prints it out.
The camera has two dials for navigation and a shutter button. The dials are used to change the style of the generated images, from photorealistic to pixel art. Try out this interactive website showing how the camera works!