So, does the novel undertaking AI as infallible? Or does it reply the anxieties over AI – individuals shedding jobs, manipulative utilization? No. Rather, the text-rich graphic novel with a dystopian theme is an try by Daudet and Appupen to teach the lots in regards to the path-breaking expertise itself. And it began when the duo met in Angouleme, Paris throughout a comics pageant and engaged in a discussion on the innovation.

The novel is ready in AI land and options the character Super Hugo who desires of immortality and has the ability to fly, a lot to the delight of superhero fanatics. (Source: Appupen)

In the novel, one can discover numerous real-life situations and occasions that unfolded through the launch of AI expertise. Be it the preliminary euphoria, ChatGPT clocking one billion customers in a day, fears over AI’s utilization in warfare or the menace to democracy, the novel is replete with actual incidents. In truth, the characters within the novel are based mostly on the authors themselves – Hugo being Daudet and Appupen a graphic designer.

For a reader utterly unversed in AI, the novel provides readability about synthetic intelligence-based instruments, together with technical particulars – interspersed with loads of ‘Super Hugo’ moments. “When you first use ChatGPT, you may think that there is magic in it. So, we wanted to bust quite a few myths. We wanted to let people know it is not magic, but just pure statistical and mathematical computations,” Daudet informed indianexpress.com in an internet interview.

“We wanted to make it relatable to people. We are telling a story which has to be taken seriously. People don’t really absorb the technical elements and they remember how things unfolded. When we bring in real-life situations and even incidents that already occurred, people will find it relatable. They might think that in future it may happen to them as well,” Appupen stated.

In the novel, one can discover numerous real-life situations and occasions that unfolded through the launch of AI expertise. (Source: Appupen)

Asked about AI’s creativity and its affect on arts, Appupen stated, “The source of content with which AI gets trained poses challenges to the field of arts. One needs to know if the content is taken from the internet and if there are any copyright issues. I see AI as a tool which churns things out faster and cheaper.”

“As a creative person, I am driven by the joy of writing or drawing. But this is something which is trying to get into my area of joy. We have not given any creative freedom to AI. It should also be noted that AI is good for research and people are using it for political commentary as well. So, why not leverage the technology to disseminate information to a wider public? We stumble upon a lot of memes on social media and those are also recreated. We just have to be careful how to use it,” Appupen stated.

Even although the novel, which runs into 155 pages, was partly created utilizing AI fashions, its improvement was a cumbersome, time-consuming course of for the authors. Bengaluru-based Appupen, who can also be identified for his comics laced with political commentary, drew the pictures for a big portion of the work. The pictures have been later used to coach the AI fashions.

A physics professor at Paris Cité University, Laurent Daudet was fascinated by the expertise and co-founded LightOn, a Paris-based start-up that develops giant language fashions, the brand new era of AI, in 2016. (Source: Laurent Daudet)

“Laurent did most of the work. He had to feed my drawings to the AI, cut out the characters like Hugo, Han, and the (background) settings, and inform the tool. We wanted it to be original and not generated. Otherwise, it could also pose copyright issues during publishing. One cannot publish AI-generated art in the US,” Appupen stated, referring to works which can be purely AI creations.

Laurent Daudet and Appupen at Midland Book Shop in New Delhi (Source: midlandbooksofficial/Instagram)

Appupen additionally introduced political commentary into the novel because the character Hugo talks to a graphic artist about journalists, politicians being attacked in India and dissenters being silenced. Appupen stated that since he lives in India, he is aware of the state of affairs higher and it’s at all times greatest to jot down about what you actually know. “Otherwise, in every part of the world, one can see consolidation of power in fewer hands. A similar trend can also be seen in the field of AI.”

Appupen, the creator of the legendary world of Halahala, printed his first comedian ebook Moonward in 2009. He was the artist-in-residence on the comics pageant in Angouleme in 2021.

A physics professor at Paris Cité University, Daudet was fascinated by the expertise and co-founded LightOn, a Paris-based start-up that develops giant language fashions, the brand new era of AI, in 2016. Elaborating about it, he stated, “One cannot really predict the future of this fast-changing technology. In certain sectors like customer support, AI has already impacted jobs. Meanwhile, in the field of science, AI has a positive impact, such as in the discovery of materials.”

“We should educate people about the technology, its limitations and how it is made. It does not have any notion of truth or fairness and there should be regulations,” Daudet stated. While efforts are underway to print the novel in French, the 2 additionally plan to deliver out a Bengali model.