Custom Models for Creatives // From LoRAs to References (Week #4 Creative Futures Counterstructures)

​Session #4 of tiat's Creative Futures Counterstructures Artist Residency program.

​​There’s a new way to train custom AI models. In this workshop, Jack English shows how artists once fine-tuned LoRAs on their own datasets, then guides us through today’s reference-based generation tools. Together we’ll experiment hands-on and reflect on how artists can protect lineage and credit in this shifting landscape. 

​Jack English is currently working on ML dataset engineering at Black Forest Labs.

​​The Creative Futures Counterstructures residency, is a 10-week program brought to you by TIAT and the Mozilla Foundation, where artists and technologists explore alternative approaches to AI and culture. Each week during the residency, we'll have public programming that opens a window into the residents’ process and shares tools, ideas, and works-in-progress with the community. Learn more about the residency: https://www.mozillafoundation.org/en/creative-futures-counterstructures/

​​​tiat ​is the intersection of art and technology! we are a 501c3 nonprofit creating places for creative technologists to experiment, exhibit, and expand their practice. ⋆౨ৎ˚⟡˖ Learn more about tiat: https://tiat.place/