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An illustration of three „pixelated“ cupboards next to each other with open drawers, the right one is black
A piece always needs an image. With the fast pace environment of the newsroom, limited budget and a general lack Read more
Pictures of Artificial Intelligence often remove the human side of the technology completely, removing all traces of human agency. Better Read more
Two pencil drawn 1960s style towy robots being scribbled out by a pencil on a pale blue background
Visually describing AI technologies is not just about reaching out to the general public, it also means getting things marketing Read more
An abstract illustration with fluid words spelling Data, Oil, Fluid and Leak
Data as a fluid, data streams, data flows, data leaks. Data as a resource, data is the new oil, mining Read more
An abstract image containing stylized black cubes and a half-transparent veil infront of a night street scene
The black box narrative was originally intended as a ‘wake-up call’ to direct our attention towards certain risks of algorithmic Read more
A human hand touching a glossy round surface with cloudy blue texture that resembles a globe
Note: We acknowledge that there is no one way of being blind and no one way of imagining AI as Read more
A handmade sketch of four figures throwing shadows that look like neural networks
Images of AI have been a problem rattling around my mind for many years. As a degree student studying AI, Read more
Non-profit collaboration starts to make and distribute more accurate and inclusive visual representations of AIFollows research showing that current popular Read more
A photographic rendering of a young black man standing in front of a cloudy blue sky, seen through a refractive glass grid and overlaid with a diagram of a neural network
Alan Warburton is a multidisciplinary artist exploring the impact of software on contemporary visual culture. His hybrid practice feeds insight Read more
What if a major issue with AI stock images is the abundant use of the color blue in the background? Read more
A robot hand and a human hand reaching out with their fingertips towards each other
Few images are as recognisable or as frequently memed as Michelangelo’s Creazione di Adamo (Creation of Adam), a moment from Read more
An artistically distorted image of colorful sound waves containing no robots or other clichee representation of AI
In what ways does a failure to consider the sonic framing of AI influence or undermine attempts to broaden public Read more
A grid of photos of a tree in different seasons, overlayed by a grid of white rectangles rotating in different angles
We have noticed that news stories or press releases about AI are often illustrated with stock photos of shiny gendered Read more
A typical bad stockphoto of AI showing a robotic hand typing on a computer keyboard
The following is an excerpt from the full article on aimyths.org by Daniel Leufer: https://www.aimyths.org/ai-equals-shiny-humanoid-robots So what makes a robot Read more
A screenshot of a video conference showing the participants of the panel discussion
The German conference “KI und Wir” organized a panel discussion about the topic of visual representation of AI in the Read more