Unboxed City04–27–24"Unboxed City" immerses visitors inside a generative AI system, revealing how neural networks collect, encode, and decode data to shape urban environments. The installation—a black-box structure—symbolizes the opacity of AI algorithms, critiquing their biases and limitations in city-making.
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Exhibition, CV, AI, Image Segmentation, Python,DataViz Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism & Civic Data Design Lab HTML, CSS, Javascript Sarah Williams (Director), Alberto Meouchi (Exhibition Lead), Minwook Kang
, Maria Gabriela Carucci
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The large black-box references the notion of black-box algorithms, a concept first introduced in cybernetics referring to the inability to understand how systems/algorithms work. A totem in the center box holds four large screens playing multi-directional videos illustrating the process of neural networks—collecting, encoding, and decoding data, thereby transforming it into artificial intelligence.
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A digital extension of the physical exhibition, offering visitors a way to explore, reflect, and engage beyond the gallery space.