Digital Fiction

‘[Por]TrAIts: AI Characters + Their Microstories [Book 1]’ is a collaboration between Mez Breeze (human) x DALL-E2 (AI). This digital literature project explores the reality of AI-generated art [and its fusion with the English/code-hybrid language termed Mezangelle] and its application as the foundation of a human-AI alliance. On being invited by the OpenAI team [OpenAI being the organisation responsible for creating DALL-E, the AI employed in this Volume] to participate in their AI Artist Access Program, this resulted in the creation of this first Volume in a series of digital literature projects involving AI art generators.

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“This book is mindbogglingly beautiful, evocative and provocative.”  – Dr. Astrid Ensslin, Digital Culture and Digital Humanities at the Universities of Bergen and Alberta.

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“An amazing and groundbreaking series of works.” – John Murray, Games and
Interactive Media department, University of Central Florida.

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“Read ‘[Por]TrAIts: AI Characters + Their Microstories’ on as big a screen as you can. Beautiful, unsettling, and fascinating all at once.”  – Simon Groth, author of ‘Ex Libris’ and ‘Hunted Down and Other Tales’.

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“The images in ‘[Por]TrAIts: AI Characters + Their Microstories’ are captivating!” Henry Warwick, School of Media at Toronto Metropolitan University.

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“‘[Por]TrAIts: AI Characters + Their Microstories’ is a great human-machine collaboration.” – Vladimir Alexeev, OpenAI GPT-3 Ambassador.

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“A grand accomplishment.” – Kevin Ang, XR Artists Collective Co-Founder and Bingkoland Director.

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“Mez’s latest book [Por]TrAIts: AI Characters + Their Microstories’ will leave your jaw on the floor.”  – Chris Harris, maker of ‘Out There’.

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“‘[Por]TrAIts: AI Characters + Their Microstories’ is a thing of beauty”.  – Jessica Citizen, author, ‘Player Attack’.