PLAYBOT
213mm x 276mm, 36 pages, Saddle stitched, Softcover, 2021

The first-ever entertainment magazine made for machines.

The creative process follows a machine-to-machine interaction which rarely involves humans in the loop.⁣⁣ From its words and images to its printing and binding process. Despite the fact that most images were generated based on non-sexual inputs, the machine classified them as “racy” and “adult.” How did they come to such a decision? And how can this classification benefit or harm society?⁣⁣ ⁣Whilst suggesting a new form of visual culture, Playbot challenges the viewer to ponder upon the bias and continued expansion of machine learning.⁣ ⁣⁣Read More⁣⁣...

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