In early 2024, the Envisioning Studio at Google invited three artists — Farah Al Qasimi, Charlie Engman and Max Pinckers — to create a group titled “Different Photographs of AI.” The undertaking aimed to discover the potential of images to create new visible representations of AI, particularly by centering human experiences and {our relationships} with this know-how, shifting past typical depictions.
The necessity for different photographs of AI
Stereotypical photographs of AI abound on the web, typically together with illustrations of chips, neural networks and robots. Whereas these representations are frequent, they provide solely a surface-level glimpse into the know-how, typically reinforcing misconceptions and failing to seize each its true potential and its challenges. As AI turns into more and more built-in into our lives, it is necessary to contemplate how visuals form our understanding and engagement with the know-how. With this undertaking, we needed to collaboratively discover with artists how images would possibly assist individuals relate otherwise to AI.
The “Different Photographs of AI” exhibition
“Different Photographs of AI” presents a collection of images that provide new, world views on AI. All 15 works on this undertaking at the moment are exhibited on the Worldwide Heart of Pictures (ICP) in New York Metropolis till January 6, 2025. However you can even discover it digitally beneath.
Farah, Charlie and Max used speculative images, which refers to strategies like staged scenes and digital manipulation, whereas capturing photographs of individuals within the United Arab Emirates, Ghana and Belgium, respectively.
Chosen for his or her experience in utilizing images to bridge the hole between actuality and fiction, we requested the photographers to answer one basic query: What are the relationships we wish to have with applied sciences powered by synthetic intelligence in the present day and tomorrow?
Up to now, AI has been usually characterised as one thing that’s largely invisible or un-photographable. These images act as samples of societal reflections, representing how every artist imagined totally different communities referring to AI. Our hope is that they spark productive public conversations round how interacting with AI would possibly make us really feel.
Farah Al Qasimi
Farah Al Qasimi’s strategy is to think about how our understanding of the pure world, and of one another, would possibly surpass language or description. Her work, shot in Abu Dhabi, doesn’t try and overstate the presence of AI, however as a substitute explores the methods it might allow us to type connections with others past the constraints of a display.