For Price Per Stem @annaridler wanted to expose the human element in machine learning. Dataset creation requires huge amounts of skill, labour and time that is often obscured by the algorithmic process.

“There is always a human decision somewhere along the chain of using AI, it is not this absolute correct thing.”

By recreating the dataset in physical format Anna creates a material ‘artefact’ of the artwork; the moving image works. Hand-crafted datasets like this one are integral to Anna’s approach to machine learning.The physical photos and compositions confront viewers with the human element of technology and data, reminding us that it started in the real world. And more importantly that we have agency over the data’s progress and a responsibility to ensure this progress is ethical.

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