Špela Petrič z delom PL’AI med 12 posebno priznanimi prispevki na Ars Electronici 2021

v kategoriji Artificial Intelligence and Life Art

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Slovenska umetnica Špela Petrič (Link) na Ars Electronici 2021 prejme posebno priznanje v kategoriji ‘Artificial Intelligence and Life Art’ za svoje delo PL’AI. Umetnici iskreno čestitamo!

Obrazložitev strokovne žirije (v angleščini):
“PL’AI is a work about the playful interaction between an AI robot and a cucumber plant. Špela Petrič explores the question what it would mean to make an Artificial Intelligence that thinks of itself as a plant. Petrič steps with this bold move into new territory. Colorful bouncy balls: the tendril searches for something to grab on to. Once the plant grabs hold of one of the bouncy balls, which is captured by the camera, this signals the AI to stop that ball from moving. The piece emphasizes an explicit plant interest, the AI robot does obey vegetal desires. This plant-centric viewpoint also ironically undermines any commercial corporate pragmatism, as the plant is not here to serve. The vegetal growth behavior, however, challenges us humans, since it is for us only visible with the technological help of a time lapse.”