Inspired by stories from Chen Qiufan and Kai-Fu Lees book AI 2041: Ten Visions For Our Future, this project is one of the first cross-medium collaborations between authors and artists. Unlike many of its predecessors, the book AI 2041 is not about a blatant dystopia or utopiaits a far more practical and positive view about how society may use AI as a tool to shape it for the better.

AI 2041 is explored by world-class artists with unique visions, reflecting on the stories and predictions in the book. Each artwork is a meditation; a visual articulation of themes expressed through their own interpretation. Each artist endeavors to extend the book by providing their own particular voice as a way to further connect with the message. The art allows us to draw deeper meaning, personal to each viewer.

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*the Wholeness of Existence* is a statement on creative autonomy. The artwork is driven by an algorithmic program; the code itself is creating art. The colors are among the parameters set forth by its author. As the composition slowly emerges, theres a decreasing number of forces that eventually stop when there's no more momentum.

The final result is determined by many decisions made deliberately, and only 60 of the 662 images are presented in the collection. Theres certainly a framework, yet endless possibilities. Although in 3D space, our perception is altered upon closer inspection. A subtle 2D lattice grid serves as a Brechtian break of the 4th wall. The sleek simulation is purposefully disrupted to alert us of its imperfect human origins.

*AI 2041* serves as inspiration in interpreting the way a machine may take on chores and tasks with endless variables and how the path may end, but the way there might always be different.