Vincenzo Fiore Marrese

Seeking Intelligence

Is Artificial Intelligence a form of collective intelligence? I asked a chatbot to imagine a journey book seeking collective intelligence.

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Artwork Details

• Title:
  Seeking Intelligence
• Year:
  2023
• Medium (Type of Art):
  Assembled Sculpture, New-Media Art
• Medium (Materials):
  found objects, acrylic paint, silicon sheet, twine
• Dimensions (International):
  24×50 centimetres
• Dimensions (British and US):
  9.4×19.6 inches
• Venue:
  Adlerhalle, Dragonerareal, Berlin, Germany
• Setting:
  within the frame of “Collectiveness In Space,” in the context of Experimentdays Relaunch, in cooperation with Zusammenstelle and Rathausblock, curatorial program Mayer Pavilion

Establishing Context

There is a 1903 book about a journey with an antique car. The title plays with a two-meaning word, sounding “sentimental” and “sensory.”

I tasked AI with generating an imaginary book title and author inspired by this book. Yet the theme would be a journey seeking collective intelligence. However, the AI misunderstood the book title due to the ambiguous word.

I wrote down the AI reply on a silicon sheet with an old typewriter machine font style. There are some “xxxxxx” marks in the text. It is the old way to remove an error with typewriters. I put the silicon sheet in a tool found in a former auto workshop. The tool resembles a type of typewriter roller.