# Visions Of Destruction: Exploring Human Impact on Nature by Navigating the Latent Space of a Diffusion Model via Gaze

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.06361 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2401.06361/

## Key facts

- Cited by 3 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 28 Dec 2023.

## Built on by (most cited first, 3 of 3)

- [Visions of Destruction: Exploring a Potential of Generative AI in Interactive Art](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2408.14644/) (2024)
- [Artworks Reimagined: Exploring Human-AI Co-Creation through Body Prompting](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2408.05476/) (2024)
- [Why Open Small AI Models Matter for Interactive Art](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2511.09788/) (2025)

## Abstract (arXiv)

This paper discusses the artwork "Visions of Destruction", with a primary conceptual focus on the Anthropocene, which is communicated through audience interaction and generative AI as artistic research methods. Gaze-based interaction transitions the audience from mere observers to agents of landscape transformation, fostering a profound, on-the-edge engagement with pressing issues such as climate change and planetary destruction. The paper looks into early references of interactive art history that deploy eye-tracking as a method for audience interaction, and presents recent AI-aided artworks that demonstrate interactive latent space navigation.