Artistic creations shed light on AI research
March 22, 2024
Med humor, fantasi och design belyser Beckmansstudenter Beijerinstitutets och Stockholm Resilience Centres forskning om artificiell intelligens (AI), dess risker och möjligheter i förhållande till både social och ekologisk hållbarhet. Utställningen pågår visas 22 mars–1 april på Svenskt Tenn, Strandvägen 5.
- By allowing visual communication and research to meet and interact, knowledge is shaped and conveyed both intellectually and emotionally. For the students, it is a fantastic opportunity to work with hot research in close dialog with the foremost experts in the field, says Sophia Wood, lecturer at Beckman College of Design.
Find out more about each student project
On the website beckmans.college/magic you can see and read more about each student project.
How will a future of intelligent machines affect us and the living planet?
We sometimes talk about AI as if it were something mysterious that came out of nowhere, beyond our control - as if it were magic. In reality, it's the result of years of decisions by technology, economic, political and scientific actors. The processes behind AI are understandable, questionable and improvable - stopping the conversation at equations with magic is a mistake. With an understanding of how AI works, we can make informed decisions and retain influence over how AI will affect our society and the living planet.
-The students tackled this multifaceted issue with a large dose of creativity and integrity. It is amazing to see cutting-edge science and art interact so well in their work," says Victor Galaz, who leads research programs on the subject at the Beijer Institute and Stockholm Resilience Centre.
-"This year's theme in the collaboration between Svenskt Tenn, Beijerinstitutet, and Beckmans highlights a question and research that are both very relevant. The students' work will hopefully give us all food for thought and an understanding of the digital challenge that lies ahead. Not everything is black and white," comments Thommy Bindefeld, Senior Advisor at Svenskt Tenn.
Participating students
Adam Arinbjarnarson, Amanda Artberger, Elvin Odelholm, Emilia Lind, Gabriella Roos Redemo, Jonatan Modin, Frank Torsson Szyber,
Lina Sundqvist Strindberg, Maja Ringsäter, Måns Horning, Nayra Aly, Noah Constantinou, Sanna Holm, Sofia Dimarco, Solvej Jansson, Tiffany Louise Hoff.
About the collaborative project Beckmans x Svenskt Tenn x Beijerinstitutet
Since 2017, Beckman College of Design has collaborated with Svenskt Tenn and the Beijer Institute at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in an annual research communication project. Students in the Visual Communication program 180 credits are challenged to interpret and interpret the research conducted by the Beijer Institute, which receives funding from the Kjell and Märta Beijer Foundation, owner of Swedish Pewter, in artistic projects. The mission is thus twofold. Firstly, the students will provide new perspectives on the important research carried out by the Beijer Institute, and secondly, the project will communicate some of the research funded by the surplus generated by Svenskt Tenn's sales.
Graphic identity
Adam Arinbjarnarson, Solvej Jansson and Maja Ringsäter.
