PLAYBOT
213mm x 276mm
36 pages
Colour printing
Saddle stitched
Softcover
2021
213mm x 276mm
36 pages
Colour printing
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...
Available at: magCulture, Good Press, Books Peckham, Phoebe Lovatt’s Public Library, Tender Books, UNITOM
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...
Available at: magCulture, Good Press, Books Peckham, Phoebe Lovatt’s Public Library, Tender Books, UNITOM
