AI: More Than Human
Interesting exhibition at the Barbican looking at creative and scientific developments in
AI using work by artists, scientists and researchers.
I must admit I only
did the free installations around the building. I didn’t have time to do the
paid for exhibition section but I thought it was a nice touch to have a lot of
free work particularly as it’s the school holidays and it is something that
children can interact with.
I began with the
work shown, one of two by Universal Everything, where you stand in front of the
screen and the avatar copies and learns from you movements. I must admit I felt
a bit silly as a middle aged women standing waving my arms and legs around but
it didn’t stop me. The results thought were a bit underwhelming.
Good use was made
of the long drop space in the middle of the building with a work called Totem
by Chris Slater which used equations that model the behaviour of biological
neurons and is therefore supposed to mirror emotions. I must admit I don’t
understand however it did look more cheerful the second time I saw it!
I did however
love the robot cocktail bar and spent ages watching it, although as it was
mid-afternoon I didn’t partake. I loved the delicate action of the robot
shaking the drink and the other one which gently placed the glass down on the
counter.
Closes 26 August
2019
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