A dancing puppet as a parody of over-interpretations of the capabilities of ‘artificial intelligence’.
Two servomotors, installed in a black box, move a marionette at unpredictable, timed intervals.
Stickers are affixed to the black box, representing the hype around the topic of ‘AI’: quotes from ‘The Matrix’, a Terminator and an Elon Musk head, Hal 9000, etc.
Part of the graduation exhibition of HBK Saar 20019 on the topic ‘Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Humanoids, and Related Misunderstandings’.
Some recipients mimicked the puppet’s movements and enjoyed the learning effect they experienced, while others were creeped out.