HUMAN OVERS[A]IGHT: THE OPS ROOM

HUMAN OVERS[A]IGHT: THE OPS ROOM / Kristina Tica, Joaquín Santuber - Photo: Reinhard Zach

LIT—Linz Institute of Technology Exhibition / For AI Inquirers

Exhibit

HUMAN OVERS[A]IGHT: THE OPS ROOM

Kristina Tica (RS/AT), Joaquín Santuber (CL/DE)

HUMAN OVERSAIGHT: THE OPS ROOM is a real-time generative, interactive audio-visual installation developed as a human oversight department for high-risk AI systems. It is established according to the European Artificial Intelligence Act [EU AI Act], as described in Article 14, which suggests that in high-risk AI systems a human-machine interface such as a “stop button” is needed, to bring the system to a halt.
Can the system be stopped by a button, and why not? We investigate how humans can oversee and evaluate these processes, by visualizing the internal operations of an automated system. We invite visitors to take upon a central role in human oversight of high-risk AI systems and encourage them to engage with a human-machine interface to oversee the systems’ operations. We provide possibilities for action for people to claim back their political agency to stop or affect the system.

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    Kristina Tica

    Kristina Tica is an artist and researcher, with her practice spanning visual arts, coding, writing, and music. She investigates the intersections of the aesthetics and ethics of machine learning applications in visual computational processes, and by combining research in critical AI and law, she is pursuing a PhD degree at the Metaverse Lab, JKU. Her work has been exhibited internationally and published in Leonardo Journal (57) and The Practice of Art and AI (2021) by Hatje Cantz.

  • Photo: Reinhard Zach

    Joaquín Santuber

    Joaquín Santuber is a lawyer who obtained his PhD in Design and IT Systems from the Hasso Plattner Institute, Germany. As a research group lead at the Metaverse Lab, LIFT_C, JKU, he works with art-based and design approaches to legality. He has been an assistant professor at the Universidad de Los Andes, a research fellow at the HIIG, Berlin, and the University of Coimbra. He is visiting professor at the School of Design, UC, Chile and editor of the LD Journal.

Credits

With special thanks to LIT Robopsychology Lab and VAME (Katharina Planner and Jürgen Erbler). This project is supported by the State of Upper Austria. Production: Alessia Fallica, Ahmed Jamal I Software Programming: Lukas Bibl I Sound Design: Marija Šumarac I Interaction Design/Button: Jürgen Ropp I Heavy Metal/Button: Mascha Illich Video Documentation: Reinhard Zach I Coordination/Administration: Angelika Taher External Advisory Board: Marcos Chilet, Pablo Hermansen [Diseno UC/Nucleo Fair], Jonathan A. Edelman [Stanford University] With special thanks to LIT Robopsychology Lab and VAME. I This project is supported by the State of Upper Austria.