隨著通訊技術的蓬勃發展，多媒體影音佔據了人們的視線，其中教學類型的影片，已經成為人們重要的學習途徑之一，如原本不易自學的AI技術變得唾手可得。
1990年「航海家1號」太空船，在64億公里外，往地球方向拍攝了「暗淡藍點」這張照片。照片中充滿了雜訊，地球只是佔整張照片0.12像素的一顆白點，彷彿隨時都會被當作是雜訊忽視掉。
天文學家卡爾・薩根對這張照片發表了如詩詞般的啟示，描寫了人類的渺小以及人類在宇宙中常常會有特權的錯覺。
「 就在這裡。這就是家。這就是我們 …… 都在這度過了他自己的一生……」
我仿擬網路上常見的教學影片風格進行拍攝，教學者以「暗淡藍點」照片當做示範素材，使用AI影像編修軟體，講解照片降噪與超解析度的處理步驟，最終產出一張高品質的「暗淡藍點」。然而在這過程中，AI卻把「暗淡藍點」裡的地球感知成雜訊，連同其他雜訊一起去除了。而AI超解析度模型所感知延伸的12個新像素，是否便是建立在沒有地球、沒有我們的宇宙之下？教學過程中穿插卡爾・薩根的語音，搭配素材庫裡所挑選的影片素材，呼應自媒體影片講故事的常見手法。
With the rapid development of communication technology, multimedia audio and video have captured people’s attention. Among them, educational videos have become one of the important learning pathways for people, making the originally difficult to learn AI technology readily available.
In 1990, the “Voyager 1” spacecraft took a photo known as “Pale Blue Dot” from 6.4 billion kilometers away, pointing towards Earth. The photo is filled with noise, and Earth is just a white dot occupying 0.12 pixels of the entire photo, seemingly always at risk of being dismissed as noise.
Astronomer Carl Sagan delivered a poetic revelation about this photo, describing the insignificance of humans and the common illusion of human privilege in the universe.
“Here it is. This is home. This is us… all spending their lives here…”
I simulate the style of common tutorial videos on the internet, with the tutor using the “Pale Blue Dot” photo as demonstration material. Using AI image editing software, the tutor explains the steps of noise reduction and super-resolution processing for the photo, finally producing a high-quality “Pale Blue Dot.” However, in this process, the AI perceives the Earth within the “Pale Blue Dot” as noise and removes it along with other noise. Are the 12 new pixels extrapolated by the AI super-resolution model established under a universe without Earth, without us? The tutorial interweaves Carl Sagan’s voice, paired with video materials selected from the stock library, echoing the common method of storytelling in self-media videos.
陳姿尹
Chen Ziyin
1995年出生於台灣，生活工作於台北。畢業於國立臺北藝術大學新媒體藝術學系研究所。曾獲台南新藝獎（2020）、南瀛獎（2018）、世安美學獎（2017）等。
創作遊走於感官與科學的界線之間，思考兩者間的相異與相似之處是如何影響人類對現實的認知。創作以影像與裝置為主，結合空間、光與聲音。常運用國際太空站資料、天文、科學影像與自身對宇宙的想像、哲學觀做串連，轉換為作品。
Born in Taiwan in 1995, Chen Ziyin lives and works in Taipei. She graduated from the Graduate Institute of New Media Art at the National Taipei University of Arts. She has received awards including the Tainan New Art Award (2020), Nanying Award (2018), and Shi’an Aesthetic Award (2017).
Her work navigates the boundary between sensory perception and science, contemplating how the differences and similarities between them influence human understanding of reality. Chen primarily uses video and installation, incorporating space, light, and sound in her art. She often utilizes data from the International Space Station, astronomy, scientific imagery, alongside her own imaginings of the universe and philosophical perspectives to weave together and transform into artworks.