An investigation of the cultural and academic discourse around new technology through a lens of artistic practice In 1970 Japanese engineer Masahiro Mori introduced the concept of the “uncanny valley” as a terrain of existential uncertainty that humans experience when confronted with autonomous machines that mimic their physical and mental properties. As subjectivities are increasingly organized and shaped by algorithms that track and evaluate our data, the question of what it means to be human has shifted. The featured artists mine the tropes and modalities of AI and machine learning for critical and aesthetic potential, proposing new ways of thinking about intelligence, nature, and artifice.
- ISBN13 9781951836009
- Publish Date 21 July 2020
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 28 September 2023
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Cameron & Company Inc
- Format Paperback
- Pages 224
- Language English