{"id":708756,"date":"2026-07-24T12:02:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T12:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/708756\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T12:02:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T12:02:17","slug":"belfast-exposed-decision-to-use-ai-images-in-exhibition-defended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/708756\/","title":{"rendered":"Belfast Exposed: Decision to use AI images in exhibition defended"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The artist behind the images, Jonny Sheridan, described them as exploring the &#8220;perils of AI&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Sheridan created the photography pieces using generative AI software and said it &#8220;took far more than pressing a button&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Each scene began with an idea and went through rounds of prompting, rejection, and revision,&#8221; he told BBC News NI in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Everything was considered and reworked, including composition, background, character development, lighting, style and symbolism.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Concerns about AI alignment with human values, the impact on employment and fears about the end of humanity are addressed.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The artist behind the images, Jonny Sheridan, described them as exploring the &#8220;perils of AI&#8221;. Sheridan created the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":708757,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-708756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=708756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/708757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=708756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=708756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}