Bee

Intelligence

A key theme in the work of artist MOST is the exploration of the boundaries of intelligence. Can we use technology to extend the human mind? Is it possible to create AI that’s more than a rational form of intelligence and is about emotional or ethical intelligence?

In one of his projects the artist started working on an AI based replica of his mind. AI was fed with information about the artist’s background, life, and vision on art and technology. Enabling the system to eventually create streams of visuals of new artworks. As if the artist had created them himself.

In experiments with realizing more disruptive results, the system was combined with quantum random number generators and triggered by heartbeats of the artist, based on MRI videos. Some of the most interesting results in these explorations were achieved by mixing the AI-mind of the artist with the minds of animals.

Animals

The AI that already knew the background of artist MOST was asked to imagine the world of experience of animals like dogs, birds, and insects. In this way blends of the mind of the artist and the animal minds were created. These ‘mixed-mind systems’ could then again be asked to create new art and new visualizations.

Among the different animals, the life of the bee offered fascinating concepts around intelligence to explore. Like collective decision making, cross-pollination, and rhythmicity. Which lead to a series of creative experiments. Of which you see one of the results in the movie ‘Bee’ above.

REAL-TIME

Another Bee experiment took place at the ISE conference 2024 in Barcelona. Artist MOST gave live shows in interaction with the AI mix of his mind and the bee mind. In which AI imagery was generated in real-time on the spot. Mixed live by the artist with footage of nature and autobiographical content. Find an impression of the shows and a keynote touching on the project below.