University of Westminster
Where Are We Going? (2023)
Ellie Schuetze
‘Where Are We Going?’ explores the use of generative artificial intelligence to visualise a society, who are unaware of the risks AI development could pose on humanity’s future. Symbolising a choice in direction, the train station setting offers a dystopian outlook at our current technological condition and how it has impacted our world today.
Referred to as the technological singularity, this future event horizon is when machines become more intelligent than the smartest human being. Beyond this point lies a completely unpredictable future, one where our current perception and trajectories of how AI behaves will no longer apply. The exponential acceleration of AI development means the singularity is approaching faster than you think, and we should be asking ourselves, how can we ensure the direction we are heading is a positive one? Ultimately, the way generative AI is implemented today will decide the values acquired by it and therefore, determine the future relationship of super-intelligent machines with our biological civilisation.
