Gyeonggi Province (Governor Kim Dong-yeon) announced on the ninth that it chosen videos utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) because the grand prize and best prize winners of the ‘2024 Gyeonggi Library Ecology and Environment Video + AI Contest’.
This contest, which was divided into two categories: general and artificial intelligence (AI), garnered attention as to which category the grand prize winner could be among the many works created by humans and artificial intelligence (AI).
The grand prize went to ‘PLASTIC FRIENDS’, which was created using AI technology. This work visualizes the story of animals living as friends with plastic waste, and is evaluated to have stood out for its unique ideas and technical perfection.
The grand prize winner was ‘The Ghost’, which used AI technology to depict abandoned ghost fishing gear as top predators that attack marine life, and in the final category, ‘The Cursed Table of the Sky’, which used illustrated graphics to handle the difficulty of excessive food waste, was chosen.
Gyeonggi Provincial Library, scheduled to open within the second half of 2025, plans to operate as a climate and environment library to spread awareness of the climate crisis, and held a video contest from April 30 to June 14 under the theme of “Connecting the Next 100 Years with Ecology and Environment” to find climate and environment-specific content.
Among the many 76 video creations received, 9 were chosen as winners after review by a judging committee comprised of civilian experts.
Professor Choi Seong-won of Yongin University, who served as the pinnacle judge for the competition, said, “This contest made us realize that AI is a tool that opens up recent horizons in video production, and that it’s an revolutionary tool that anyone interested can use to visualise their imagination.”
Meanwhile, the winning work might be exhibited as a commemorative piece to spread awareness of the climate crisis and the importance of environmental protection through the Gyeonggi Provincial Library Media Wall, scheduled to open in 2025.
Reporter Park Soo-bin sbin08@aitimes.com
