AI Artist & Machine Learning Engineer; Head of Machine Learning for Art & Creativity at Hugging Face; Co-Author of "Hands-On Generative AI with Transformers and Diffusion Models"; International Speaker on Generative Art & Computational Creativity
Apolinário Passos Biography
Apolinário Passos, widely known as Poli, is a Brazilian artist and machine learning engineer whose work focuses on the intersection of artificial intelligence, generative art, and computational creativity. With more than 15 years of experience in software engineering and generative machine learning, Passos develops open-source tools and interactive art installations that contribute to advancements in AI research. He holds a degree in communication with a specialization in generative art and computational creativity, building a career that bridges technology, culture, and artistic expression.
Passos leads the Machine Learning for Art and Creativity department at Hugging Face, where he designs and promotes creative technologies based on AI. He also manages the website multimodal.art, which aggregates information about generative AI and media art to support the democratization of these technologies. His work focuses on the organization and platformization of open-source generative media machine learning models, increasing accessibility for artists and creators globally.
With over a decade of professional and artistic experience, Passos has held roles in art exhibitions, software development, and product management, including serving as head of product at World Data Lab. He has worked as a consultant in creative technologies for various companies and institutions and is co-founder of pata – análise e visualização de dados, a startup dedicated to data visualization and strategic analysis. His installations and projects explore the artistic applications of generative algorithms and have been featured at international exhibitions and festivals.
Passos is also an educator and author. He served as an instructor for the course "Building Generative AI Applications with Gradio," developed with DeepLearning.AI, and is co-author of "Hands-On Generative AI with Transformers and Diffusion Models," published by O'Reilly Media. His academic contributions include co-authorship of peer-reviewed research such as "LCM-LoRA" and "LEDITS++," which have received recognition in the computer vision community.
His work has been presented at international exhibitions and festivals, and he has participated in events such as the MIT Generative AI Summit and the Marché du Film in Cannes. As a TED speaker, Passos shares his perspective on human-centered AI creativity with global audiences. He is recognized for his leadership in the creative use of AI at Hugging Face and within the field of generative art, contributing to ongoing discussions at the intersection of art and artificial intelligence.
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