THE KITTY AI | Pinar Yoldas
March 5, 2021 @ 12:00 – May 2, 2021 @ 16:00
THE KITTY AI
Video installation, 2016
It is the year 2039. An artificial intelligence with the affective capacities of a kitten becomes the first non-human governor. She leads a politician-free zone with a network of Artificial Intelligences. She lives in mobile devices of the citizens and can love up to 3 Million people.
In The Kitty AI an artificial intelligence has taken over the world. The AI takes on the appearance of an adorable kitten to avoid frightening people, it talks about itself and its work as being the ruler of a megalopolis in the year 2039. It speaks from the future and the insolvability of past crises such as the refugee crisis, and climate change, as well as the inability of humankind to manage gigantic infrastructures. AI’s like Kitty AI, have taken over the positions of politicians and other professional groups in this imagined future. According to the AI’s logic, governmental form is a question of quantity: “Democracy was born in a polis—no surprise that it dies in a megalopolis.”
The work playfully reflects a (Dis)(U)topian future – depending from what point of view one takes – where AI has taken over decision making. It could have been a Silicon Valley CEO’s wet dream – getting rid of our slow politicians by replacing them with AI, which according to some sillicon valley ideologists, is the ultimate solution to secure the future of humanity. Such politics is utopia for some, as well is a horror scenario for others.
The Kitty AI was part of Trondheim international biennale for art and technology, Meta.Morf 2018 – A Beautiful Accident.
