communication

Cat: Collaborating with a Neural Network

Rachel Smith (UK)

Cat: Collaborating with a Neural Network is a conversation between Rachel Smith (human) and cifar10_cnn.py (artificial neural network). In order to communicate successfully, they must speak the same language. The method of communication is a human/machine compromise; a hand-painted grid of pixels.

Speculative Artificial Intelligence

Birk Schmithüsen (DE)

The work consists of a series of aesthetic experiments designed to make processes of artificial neural networks perceptible to humans through audiovisual translation. Exp. # 1 examines inner behavior during the prediction and learning process. Exp. # 2 questions an AI’s capacity for empathy and purpose while communicating with a second AI.

Spiritual reality

Lou Cantor (DE)

Wenn wir mit den Chatbots von Lou Cantor sprechen, sprechen wir in eine akustische Leere, die dazu dient, die gesprochenen Geräusche in einem Aufnahmemikrofon zu isolieren. Das Mikrofon selbst wird durch eine Skulptur in Form eines humanoiden Mundes ersetzt. Wir erwarten eine Antwort, während wir Fragen oder Bedenken äußern, aber es wird keine Kommunikation zwischen uns und dem Mikrofonersatz des Chatbots geben.

One Tree ID − How To Become A Tree For Another Tree

Agnes Meyer-Brandis (DE)

One Tree ID is a biochemical and biopoetic odor communication experiment between visitors and a black pine. For the project, the artist created a perfume from the gas emissions of the individual tree. These volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are the communication system of the plants and produce what we recognize as the fragrance of a forest.