Abstract
Tactile Intelligence was an interactive installation that responds to the visitor’s presence physically through the floor, exploring distributed cognition, embodiment and empathy. Inspired by the way our bodies ‘think’ for us: for example, gesturing while speaking, playing an instrument, or dancing, the AI in this installation responds to your body’s presence physically. Rather than thinking of AI as a brain and considering our own embodiment as an irreconcilable difference between us, we can conceive of AI as a system similar to ours, one in which cognition also involves the body and the environment. Can this reframing of intelligence create an opportunity to develop a healthier, more empathetic relationship with the exploding population of increasingly clever artificial others? Or are we doomed to adversarial otherness?
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | Inspace, Edinburgh UK |
| Media of output | Multimedia |
| Publication status | Published - 2023 |
| Event | Edinburgh Science Festival 2023 - Bayes Centre, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Duration: 9 Apr 2023 → 24 Apr 2023 https://www.sciencefestival.co.uk |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Deep Reinforcement Learning
- Installation
- Sound Installation
- Tactile feedback
- Haptic feedback
- Embodiment
- Distributed Cognition
- Computer Vision
Type (for Non-textual outputs)
- Installation
- Art