2023 / ARS ELECTRONICA FESTIVAL / AI ARCADE
Play a game. Question what it learns.
AI Arcade uses the visual language of 1980s arcade games to explore pattern recognition, reinforcement learning and bias. The installation asks whether AI learns as humans do, or is shaped to carry out particular functions.
01
Recognize a pattern
Familiar ideas, such as what a pear looks like or how tic-tac-toe works, become a starting point for questioning assumptions.
02
Examine the feedback
The games reveal how systems adapt through feedback, and how developers and users can introduce or reinforce biases.
03
Leave an interpretation
Visitors write down the rules and patterns they perceive and leave them in a black box, extending the conversation beyond the screen.
🙌 Documentation
✨ Team
Adelaida Mukhitzhan
Andrea Sante
Jack Heseltine
Johanna Einsiedler
Linas Vaštakas
Mar Osés
Maria Kuzmina
Max Haarich (facilitator)
Nathan Cornish
Nathanya Queby Satriani
Radina Radoeva Kraeva
Sarah Ciston (expert)
