Better Not Tell You Now by Émilie Brout & Maxime Marion at Link Cabinet – Documentation

From March 8 to April 7, 2017 Link Cabinet presented Better Not Tell You Now, a project by Émilie Brout & Maxime Marion.

Better Not Tell You Now is a generative video created and presented for the first time at Link Cabinet. Using machine learning technology the artists trained an artifical intelligence with a database of forty thousand messages from Reddit, the renowned social news aggregator and discussion website. Going through subreddits like Conspiracy, Philosophy and Futurology, the artists selected messages and discussions focused mainly on Artificial Intelligence and Singularity. (more…)

Better Not Tell You Now di Émilie Brout & Maxime Marion su Link Cabinet – Documentazione

Dal 8 Marzo al 7 Aprile 2017 Link Cabinet ha ospitato Better Not Tell You Now, un progetto di Émilie Brout & Maxime Marion.

Better Not Tell You Now é un’opera video generativa creata e presentata in anteprima per la mostra a Link Cabinet. Sfruttando la tecnologia del machine learning gli artisti hanno istruito e allenato un’intelligenza artificiale fornendole un database di quarantamila messaggi presti da Reddit, il famoso sito di dibattito online e aggregazione di notizie. Scavando tra le sezioni dedicate a cospirazionismo, filosofia e futurologia sono stati individuati e scelti messaggi e intere discussioni incentrate sui temi dell’intelligenza artificiale e della singolarità. (more…)

Émilie Brout & Maxime Marion – Better Not Tell You Now at Link Cabinet

The Link Art Center is proud to present Better Not Tell You Now, a new work by Émilie Brout & Maxime Marion. The show will be online at Link Cabinet from March 8 to April 7, 2017.
 
Better Not Tell You Now is a generative video created and presented for the first time at Link Cabinet. Using machine learning technology the artists trained an artifical intelligence with a database of forty thousand messages from Reddit, the renowned social news aggregator and discussion website. Going through subreddits like Conspiracy, Philosophy and Futurology, the artists selected messages and discussions focused mainly on Artificial Intelligence and Singularity. Starting from this wide database the work automatically generates a recombinant text, always new and unique. The images displayed on the background are loaded in real-time, searched for keywords related to the text. (more…)