An animated collage of descriptive words in black capitals on a white background - such as Generosity, Visionary, Chaotic, Inspirational. — *Fluid genome 1.0*

What does it mean to be Gray?

With the help of ChatCPT, we've analysed our Gray DNA to find out more about what it means to be Gray. Our contributors’ 3 words invoke a wide range of qualities, feelings, behaviours, thought processes and creative capabilities with the main consensus currently being variations on Generous, followed at a distance by Genius.

ChatGPT’s analysis suggests that people’s relationship to Alasdair and his work is vibrant and multifaceted - creative, warm, intellectual, generous and imaginative - with underlying hints of tension and unpredictability.

Explain yourself?

Most words fit naturally into 4 distinct categories - intellectual, creative, human characteristics and emotional. Our 5th category covers any ambiguous words that don’t have a clear or singular meaning.

Generous appears frequently and is the most consistent perception of Alasdair’s character. Some contributors mix emotional, intellectual and creative descriptors while others choose more unusual combinations - such as Fierce and Loving.

Intellectual focuses on mental abilities, knowledge and reasoning skills. For example Philosophical, Curious, Rigorous.

Creative focuses on artistic expression, imagination and innovation. For example Visionary, Imaginative, Expressive.

Emotional focuses on feelings and moods that can vary over time. For example Fearless, Generosity, Laughter.

Human describe traits or qualities that are relatively consistent over time. For example Confidante, Kind, Humanistic.

Ambiguous includes words that are unclear or have multiple interpretations. For example Vortex, Mostly.

How did you get to know Alasdair or his work?

Is there any correlation between people’s Gray DNA and their relationship to Alasdair and his work?

A table comparing categories such as Collaborator or Colleague and Friend or family down the side with descriptive terms such Intellectual or Creative along the top. Colours from green to red indicate the least and most used words in each category. — *Heatmap 1.0*

According to ChatGPT there is a correlation between categories of words and a contributors relationship to Alasdair and his work - but the qualities of generosity and creativity appear across all relationships.

Collaborator or colleague - words like Rigorous and Productive appear more frequently.

Fellow visual artist - creative and expressive words like Technicolour and Extraordinary predominate.

Fellow writer - intellectual and philosophical terms like Intellectual and Philosophical appear.

Friend or family - words like Loving, Confidante and Friend dominate.

Other creative connection - words such as Cosmic, Colourful and Vortex are present.

Anything else about Alasdair you’d like to add?

Midjourney and ChatGPT sum up Alasdair’s character and creativity in words and pictures.

A vibrant, abstract, and organic digital artwork featuring swirling, colourful patterns, bubbles, and textures, evoking a psychedelic, dream-like landscape with a face at the centre. — AI dreams Gray

What would Midjourney dream about after reading our Gray DNA?

AI describes Gray

We fed ChatGPT with our Gray DNA and asked it to describe the man!

“Alasdair was a chaotic yet curious visionary, whose childlike wonder and intellectual rigor created a technicolour vortex of erudite, absurdist ideas. His eccentric, loving nature was both infuriating and inspirational, embodying a restless, nonjudgemental generosity that made him a uniquely honest and playful friend.”

— ChatGPT

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Interpreting our Gray DNA