Artificial mirror exhibition stand for Mobgen

Artificial Mirror trains a neural network to respond emotionally with visual stimulants by smiling or frowning at the image so that it may learn from your human reaction. A social experiment that shows us what our society perceives to be good and bad, positive or negative. It also asks whether we can train neural networks to make ethical decisions on our behalf.

Inspired by the mysterious black monolith in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, the exhibition stand was designed to contrast against the sleek, white, techy AI exhibits that crowded the 2018 World Summit AI in Amsterdam.

I designed the stand’s structure in order to support the interactive screens and the computational power required to drive the digital experiences. The open sides of the monolith serve a distinct purpose - a glimpse into the AI’s “brains”.

This project was in collaboration with Monique Grimord from MOBGEN.

"MOBGEN:LAB is all about testing new concepts and helping us understand technology"

Ron Vrijmoet, co-founder of Mobgen

The structure of the stand was designed with reusability in mind, joined together with special bots for easy dismounting and remounting.

The inside structure was created to house a computer and route all the necessary wires to the user-facing displays on the exterior.

Click here to see how it was made.