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AI-Robot – Grace (digital print of the analog version)
Put simply, an AI is just a programmed algorithm that performs certain tasks. An AI has no consciousness of its own and shows no understanding. The question of the relationship between AI and grace is actually utopian. Nevertheless, I have dealt with this question artistically.
An “image of grace” is a representation of a saint from whom the faithful ask for God’s mercy. These are mainly depictions of Mary with the infant Jesus. An AI has no consciousness of its own and shows no understanding. Artificial intelligence has no mind. Values such as tolerance, honesty, justice or mercy are alien to an AI. Will an artificial hyperintelligence come to the conclusion to destroy humanity and does it then make sense to ask for mercy from this hyperintelligence?
From the series “AI-Robot – Artificial Intelligence”
The increasing use of artificial intelligence offers a wide range of potential – but at the same time it also arouses fears and has a sinister effect on some people. The “AI-Robot – Artificial Intelligence” series explores selected aspects of this area of tension through art.
First, the motifs were photographed 8 to 13 times each with the analog Klimsch Praktika repro camera. The exposure was made on 50×60 cm, special black and white positive photo paper – without the detour via a negative – with subsequent manual development in the photo laboratory. By exposing directly onto the photographic paper, each photograph is unique within a small edition.
In the second step, the identical image themes were created again – this time with software support from an AI. The subject of close examination and in-depth evaluation here is how such an AI, in comparison to analog photography, implements the individual themes pictorially.
