Art festival blends artificial, human intelligence in São Paulo
An unrelenting crowd-puller since 2000, the Electronic Language International Festival (FILE) kicked off in São Paulo on Wednesday (Jul. 5) with the world’s hottest novelties in electronic art as cutting-edge artworks challenge the real world and the realm of technology.This year’s theme—Interactive Singularities—focuses on the interplay between artificial and human intelligence in the creation of a new form of consciousness.“A lot of people fear that AI might take over the world. In actuality, what AI needs is to work alongside humans. When these two cognitive forces come together, evolution and production go up through the roof. Some pieces here in the exhibit are AI-powered. Artists may build the system into the machine, but it’s the interaction with visitors that feeds content into...