Christmas Stamps by Children and Artificial Intelligence
- What if children, instead of an artist or designer, got to make the Christmas stamps? And what if the children got to make the stamps using artificial intelligence (AI)?
These were two of the questions Norway Post posed when planning this year’s Christmas stamps. Last December, two sixth-grade classes at Drøbak school were tasked with using AI to design this year’s Christmas stamps. And there was no lack of creativity and enthusiasm from the children! Santa riding a dinosaur, unicorns and cats dressed as Christmas elves, complete with lightsabers were just some of the ideas turned into images. Artificial intelligence is becoming an increasingly integral part of our lives. Speech and image recognition, and apps on our smartphones that try to predict what we want to do are just some examples of AI we use daily. AI is developing at a rapid pace, as is the question of ethics.
- Artificial intelligence is not likely to take over stamp design in the foreseeable future. Our stamps will still be made by Norwegian designers, but it is in Norway Post’s DNA to explore new technology, and it has been interesting to see how AI can be used as a tool for image generation and stamp development,” says Stamp Director Halvor Fasting.
