Artificial intelligence

Pat­terns of AI His­to­ry – Dreams
The exhi­bi­tion begins with a direct­ed pro­logue con­sist­ing of two media-enhanced the­ater cur­tains. These are inter­spersed with a video ani­ma­tion of his­tor­i­cal images. High­lights from the his­to­ry of AI ideas are placed in illu­mi­nat­ed pedestals in front of the screen and inter­twine with the video ani­ma­tion. Warm light­ing enhances the space of pos­si­bil­i­ties in which the ideas of the ear­ly the­o­rists come alive.

Train­ing Room – Inside the Arti­fi­cial Neur­al Net­work
Arti­fi­cial sys­tems learn quick­ly and effi­cient­ly by deriv­ing prac­ti­cal reg­u­lar­i­ties from con­cise exam­ples and dis­cov­er­able pat­terns. Vis­i­tors to the so-called train­ing room learn how AIs train them­selves. They become learn­ing sys­tems them­selves by enter­ing an imma­te­r­i­al, artis­tic neur­al net­work that trans­forms the space into a unique sceno­graph­ic expe­ri­ence. Its net-like light­ing archi­tec­ture lends the exhi­bi­tion space a seem­ing­ly end­less and imma­te­r­i­al feel.

Our Present with AI — Smartlive
Our every­day lives have long been per­me­at­ed by it: we work with AI, we live with AI, we cre­ate art with AI. Has the dream of arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence already come true? chezweitz designs a room-sized, snow-white city mod­el made up of con­struc­tive build­ings with bright­ly col­ored facades. This cre­ates a trail of the­mat­ic groups that allow vis­i­tors to expe­ri­ence and ques­tion the ways in which AI per­me­ates our every­day lives. Along the dark paths along the themed build­ings, the facades of the build­ings rep­re­sent the oppor­tu­ni­ties and dan­gers of progress and manip­u­la­tion through and with AI.

Glob­al Infra­struc­ture of AI – Dream Fac­to­ries
Despite its imma­te­ri­al­i­ty, AI is by no means unlo­cat­able or invis­i­ble. In the 21^st cen­tu­ry, mas­sive data cen­ters are being built around the world, gen­er­at­ing unimag­in­able amounts of data and shap­ing a glob­al indus­try. To bring the banal­i­ty of these vol­umes to life, vis­i­tors enter a hor­i­zon­tal­ly ori­ent­ed, hard, metal­lic space bathed in cold, indus­tri­al light. End­less­ly arranged shelv­ing struc­tures offer an abstract glimpse into the real, bru­tal, and ener­gy-guz­zling worlds of work and pro­duc­tion. Inter­ac­tive media sta­tions inte­grat­ed into the archi­tec­tur­al sys­tem tell of the ​“hard” side of AI, which, con­trary to its ​“green” image, reveals its une­co­log­i­cal side here.

Re-Visions AI – Pub­lic­i­ty and Respon­si­bil­i­ty
​“How will we deal with arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence in the future?” is the ques­tion posed by the final room, Re-Visions. Will we soon have to con­tain AIs so they don’t pose a threat to us? In the ambiva­lent light of the blue hour, three large, enclosed, white build­ings alter­nate between pub­lic space for dis­course and clas­sic white cubes for the instal­la­tions of the Tac­ti­cal Tech col­lec­tive. The scenog­ra­phy encour­ages dis­cus­sion, not only among vis­i­tors but also with the exhibits on display..