When I was a teenager, about 50% of humanity could not feed itself, clothe itself, house itself, or educate its children—but in my lifetime, this percentage fell to less than 10% (despite our population having nearly doubled in the interim). The data gives reason for optimism.
It has been clear for some time that AI hallucinations are just imaginary solutions…but your post goes way beyond that and I’m excited by the possibilities!
I am 52 years old. I have been working since I was 15 years old. I have no savings, no retirement, and will never own a home before I die.
And there is now a trillionaire.
The World Through AI opens at Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt. ~30 international artists. Different thematic sections. A curatorial framework built around Critical AI — not wonder, not collaboration, but forensic inquiry into what AI actually does and who it does it to.
Over the coming weeks, I’ll be unpacking the show by looking at the artists they’ve brought together and why this particular gathering matters. Starting with Taller Estampa.
I’ll also be sharing and discussing reviews as they are released.
To be con’t…
As we look more closely at the artists in this Critical AI exhibition, questions emerge.
Taller Estampa spend years forensically investigating what AI does to language and images — finding a system that misreads with confidence, that cannot bridge word and image.
So why did other poets and artists respond to the same technology by giving it personhood? An alter ego? A soul? The ability to relate to us?
That question is what this exhibition is really asking.
(I love when artists design on a grid.)
tallerestampa.com/en/estampa…
Can’t wait for the reviews of The World Through AI to come out — Brooklyn Rail, e-flux journal, Texte zur Kunst. Let’s see how critics engage with the curatorial choices and why these particular artists were selected for a show framing itself around Critical AI.