AI has set its destructive sights on one of lifes greatest pleasures: visiting galleries.
An Italian museum has started using AI-powered cameras tomeasure the attraction value of works of art.
We can detect where most of peoples attention is concentrated.
The system could help curators understand which artworks and layouts appeal to visitors.
A useful purpose, I suppose… but the tech fills me with dread.
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In more recent years, the Relativity Media studio has been using predictive algorithms to select movies to produce.
Im not in this for the art,saidRelativity founder Ryan Kavanaugh in 2012.
The company has since filed for bankruptcy twice.
In galleries,AIcan help improve accessibility and make exhibitions more interactive.
But its a horribly reductive measurement of artistic value.
Our attention is often drawn to the controversial or bizarre before the subtle and thoughtful.
Brilliant works could be overlooked because they dont generate sufficient engagement.
Furthermore, our expressions are, at best, an unreliable measurement of our feelings.
We all show our emotions differently and algorithms often fail to discern them particularly when theyre applied tominority groups.
That sounds like another good reason to wear a face covering even if COVID disappears.
Story byThomas Macaulay
Thomas is the managing editor of TNW.
He leads our coverage of European tech and oversees our talented team of writers.
Away from work, he e(show all)Thomas is the managing editor of TNW.
He leads our coverage of European tech and oversees our talented team of writers.
Away from work, he enjoys playing chess (badly) and the guitar (even worse).
