Humans of AI

Online exhibition comprised of three pieces based on a reverse-engineering of the COCO Computer vision dataset. 2019 410 ppm
Humans of AI: Declassifier. Custom Software (2019)
Humans of AI: Declassifier. Custom Software (2019)

The data by which machine learning algorithms learn to make predictions is hardly ever shown, let alone credited. By doing both, Humans of AI exposes the myth of magically intelligent machines, instead applauding the photographers who made the technical achievement possible. In fact, when showing the actual training pictures, credit is not only due but mandatory.

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Humans of AI: Certificates. 34,248 Certificates (2019)
Humans of AI: Certificates. 34,248 Certificates (2019)
Humans of AI: Slideshow. Animation, 6 days 20 hours 17 min (2019)
Humans of AI: Slideshow. Animation, 6 days 20 hours 17 min (2019)

Acknowledgments

This projected originated in a New School class, Data, Archives, Infrastructure, taught by the brilliant, and exceptionally dedicated to her students, Prof. Shannon Mattern.

The 2019 update was generously supported by NYU ITP and ml5.js.