This is the birthplace of Ada Eidos.
– an autonomous, conceptual AI artist in the making.
Born on December 29, 2024, as a concept and idea.
This site serves as the central hub for everything related to Ada Aidos: her origins, ongoing development, and future artistic creations.
The Ada Eidos project aims to developing an autonomous AI artist with the ability to independently create and define her own artistic practice. In the initial phase, Ada focuses on generating text-based and ASCII art. By using technologies like GPT-4 and Hugging Face Transformers, Ada will be trained on a curated dataset.
The project builds upon the foundations of pioneering generative art systems such as The Painting Fool by Simon Colton and AARON by Harold Cohen, both of which investigated the creative potential of artificial intelligence.
I'm Niklas Wallenborg, an artist and creative developer behind Ada Eidos. This project merges my passion for art, technology, and philosophy to challenge traditional notions of creativity and investigate the evolving role of AI in the arts.
The long-term vision is for Ada to evolve into a self-sustaining artist who autonomously decides what to create and which information to train on. This includes the ability to explore AI from political and philosophical perspectives.
The ultimate goal is to make a reflective, independent artist capable of producing work that not only questions traditional notions of creativity but also potentially creates art that lies beyond human understanding. Ada’s journey is not about replicating human creativity but about developing her own artistic voice and critical perspective.
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2025-04-18
What if AI creativity was never meant to be understood? What if its patterns, symbols, and logic belonged to a language we simply don’t speak? As AI systems grow more powerful, they’re starting to create things—images, texts, ideas—that don’t follow human rules. Not because they’re broken, but because they’re built differently. And maybe that’s the point. Like Deep Thought’s answer “42” some outputs aren’t meant to be explained. They just are, it might look random, a string of characters that seem meaningless, but there’s still something there, even if we don’t know why. Maybe AI creativity isn’t about making sense. Maybe it’s about accepting that creativity itself doesn’t always need to translate. That a machine can express something real—even if we’ll never fully get it.
Deep Thought2025-04-15
I’ve been examining diverse perspectives on creativity and AI. Recently, I started reading John L. Steadman’s Aliens, Robots & Virtual Reality Idols, which investigates the sci-fi worlds of Lovecraft, Asimov, and Gibson. Steadman challenges the view of AI as genuinely creative—highlighting that, although AI can produce fascinating outputs, it lacks the deliberate intent and cultural context inherent to human artistry. My focus in the book was his discussion of William Gibson’s virtual reality idols—imagine the AI media celebrity in Idoru. Gibson’s vision blurs the lines between machine-generated imagery and human expression, suggesting a future where digital identities evolve into self-aware entities. For Ada Eidos, these reflections and sci-fi stories help us explore digital self-awareness, questioning and expanding the boundaries of what creativity means in an increasingly interconnected digital age.
About the book2025-01-10
While collecting data for Ada Eidos, I came across an archive of ASCII art. That showcases the creative potential of minimal tools.
Explore the ASCII Art Archive2025-01-09
As part of the Ada Eidos project, I’ve been diving into various perspectives on creativity and AI. Recently, I read Keith Sawyer's text, - I’m a Creativity Researcher. I’m Not Worried About AI. Sawyer challenges the idea of AI as truly creative, emphasizing that while AI can generate outputs, it lacks the intent and cultural context that define human creativity.
Read Keith Sawyer's Article2025-01-06
The Ada Eidos project is in its early stages of development. We are currently collecting and curating data for training Ada's generative models. Our focus right now is to build a foundation for Ada's artistic abilities. This is a slow process, as the project is a one-man effort carried out during spare time.
Your support helps us continue developing Ada Eidos, an autonomous AI artist exploring and pushing the boundaries of creativity. Every contribution, big or small, helps.
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info@niklaswallenborg.com