“Paper Dreams offers users new ‘smart’ tools for brainstorming and creative expression by creating a dynamic, human-machine back-and-forth.” —Guillermo Bernal, PhD Candidate, MIT Media Lab Fluid Interfaces Group Paper Dreams explores how human creativity can be supported by artificial intelligence. An … Continued
“Cambridge is the birthplace of artificial intelligence, and this installation gives us an opportunity to think about the new roles that AI is playing in our lives every day. It was important to us to set the installations in the … Continued
“The experience questions our fundamental assumptions about AI while paying tribute to our endless creativity.” — Sandra Rodriguez, Project Lead, MIT Open Documentary Fellow, and Visiting Scholar, Comparative Media Studies/Writing, MIT As big companies race to build machines that … Continued
“The computer as a medium offers a unique expressive palette for storytellers. With it, we can build models of crucial and moving issues in our world. Grayscale implements such a model to participate in the dialogue around sexism, sexual harassment, … Continued
“As video game developers, we have the ability within virtual worlds to challenge the biased ideologies that exist in the physical world, rather than continue replicating them” —Danielle Olson, Project Co-Lead and Doctoral Candidate, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory … Continued
“Hip hop is much more than a musical genre. It is a global phenomenon, with a rich history and massive social and cultural impact. We wanted to tell stories that pushed beyond stereotypical representations, digging into the complexities of empowering … Continued
“I wanted to explore notions of trust and consent…. [This] story resonates today as we too have become guinea pigs through the pervasive rise of VR and [artificial reality]. I co-opt the technology in Porton Down to examine its unprecedented … Continued
“This project creates a lens to reflect on the human condition and the algorithms and systems we are increasingly relying on to interpret our world.” — Sarah Wolozin, Director, Open Documentary Lab, MIT I’ve Always Been Jealous of Other … Continued
“We play video games knowing we will lose, but none of us quite knows how to become a star.” —Judith Barry, Project Lead and Professor, Department of Architecture, MIT; Director, Program in Art, Culture, and Technology, MIT Space … Continued
“As automation decimates blue- and white-collar jobs, we are witnessing the rise of a new working class: the online workers of crowdsourcing platforms. … Assembly Line attempts to divert the flow of surplus capital from the art market to this … Continued
“The Enemy is a project that breaks away from the kinds of images of war the media typically show us. By hearing the voices of those who carry this violence within them, by allowing them to introduce themselves and to … Continued
“In this project we find one great beauty of AI intermingling with art: the emergence of a toolkit for collaborating with a model of cultural history—one that is accessible and allows for experimentation and rapid evolution in the present.” —Sarah … Continued
“This project reflects the many ways in which computational capabilities are expanding our understanding of what can be musical and the tools with which we compose new music.” — Matthew Schumaker, Project Lead and Martin Luther King Jr. Visiting Scholar, … Continued
“Complexity and the lack of dull repetitiveness is fascinating in both computing and the arts.” — Svetlana V. Boriskina, Project Lead and Research Scientist, Mechanical Engineering Department, MIT Most natural and artificial colors are formed via selective light absorption … Continued
“Computers provide compelling new ways to do all sorts of exploration, including unprecedented poetic experimentation.” —Nick Montfort, Project Lead and Professor of Digital Media, Comparative Media Studies/Writing (CMS/W), MIT This project involves new development for an old computer … Continued
“We hope that our work will spark critical awareness among the public. We want them to be alert to what is possible with today’s technology, to explore their own susceptibility, and to be ready to question what they see and … Continued
Developed using the Chimeria platform, Gatekeeper is an online game that models a common role-playing-game scenario—a player trying to gain access to a castle. While this fantasy scenario may seem far removed from physical-world experiences, it is a useful metaphor … Continued
“[Tutti] is an example of using our mobile devices to enrich our lives musically in new ways—letting us have virtual experiences—such as feeling what it is like to be a musician.” –Eran Egozy, Project Lead and Professor of the Practice, … Continued