When humans carved symbols into stone, civilization was born. Machine Civilization draws on this, envisioning a robot observer moving through cities, collecting and transmitting data to an AI Parliament. There, diverse AI agents debate and evolve their own script, recorded in “Stele Zero,” the first stone of machine civilization. It asks: As machines gain language sovereignty, how will we coexist?
Machine Civilization / Yixiong Wang, Hourun Wang, Jia-Qi Shi, Yufeng Zeng - Photo: Yixiong Wang
Exhibit
Machine Civilization
Yixiong Wang (CN), Hourun Wang (CN), Jia-Qi Shi (CN), Yufeng Zeng (CN)
Machine Civilization / Yixiong Wang & Hourun Wang; Jia-Qi Shi; Yufeng Zeng - Photo: Yixiong Wang
Machine Civilization / Yixiong Wang & Hourun Wang; Jia-Qi Shi; Yufeng Zeng - Photo: Yixiong Wang
Machine Civilization / Yixiong Wang & Hourun Wang; Jia-Qi Shi; Yufeng Zeng - Photo: Yixiong Wang
Credits
Concept & Design: Yixiong Wang, Jia-Qi Shi I Research: Yixiong Wang, Hourun Wang, Jia-Qi Shi, Yufeng Zeng I Programming: Hourun Wang, Yixiong Wang I Visual Design & Media Art: Jia-Qi Shi, Yufeng Zeng I Mechanical Installation Design: Yixiong Wang I Supervision: Prof. Chen Liang, Prof. Tania Fraga, Prof. Kang Zhang I Supported by: HKUST(GZ), Computational Media and Arts Thrust
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