Exploring AI Aesthetic Primitives
In this blog, the author discusses their exploration of AI aesthetic primitives, which is a basic interface or segment of code that can be used to build more sophisticated program elements or interfaces. They also talk about how an artist can exhibit on an AI platform and how this could be used to create a new type of art.

Jack Butcher
internet art @visualizevalue, @checksbot, @opepenai

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opepen to interpretation
— Jack Butcher (@jackbutcher) March 26, 2023
got delayed on the ai thing from last week, reviewing now pic.twitter.com/m7HlveD38G -
— Jack Butcher (@jackbutcher) March 26, 2023
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will put this back into the transparency thread but at a high level this is what I am talking about
— Jack Butcher (@jackbutcher) March 26, 2023
an aesthetic window -
or an aesthetic primitive
— Jack Butcher (@jackbutcher) March 26, 2023
"in computer programming, a primitive is a basic interface or segment of code that can be used to build more sophisticated program elements or interfaces." -
some lofty ideas that I am still working through in my head (no technical feasibility assessed yet...)
— Jack Butcher (@jackbutcher) March 26, 2023
an artist can exhibit on opepen instead of in a physical gallery
an evolving protocol > a finished product -
there needs to be enough constraint that everything holds together, and enough flexibility to be interesting for a very long time
— Jack Butcher (@jackbutcher) March 26, 2023
per the original statement "the pfps pfp"
ideally sitting at a layer above aesthetic "trends" with an infinite ability to absorb and remix them