HUMAN TRAINING FIELD

Human and AI development reached the extreme of its Alterity Relations in the future.AI cannot iterate again through its own data, and in order to achieve its own evolution, it has set up several "human civilization training fields" to observe the different choices made by humans. Choosing Huarong Dao, a strategic chess game, the AI learns from the various choices of humans sliding chess pieces and achieves the ultimate evolution.

Tool:

Blender
Adobe AfterEffect
Adobe Illutration
Gen 2
Midjourney
Nomad

Project Timeline:

Jun 2024 - Aug 2024

Interactive Installation

Introduction

I would like to explore a question that has been widely discussed since the advent of artificial intelligence "Will artificial intelligence replace humans themselves?" It is assumed that when AI becomes the fairest leader of the future world, how will it make the most correct choice for the future of humanity.

Final Outcome

Chess Set

Jump to design process

Narrative History Video

The video unfolds a captivating narrative, where 9 lost civilizations are reimagined at the peak of their powers. Each civilization embarks on an alternate historical journey with the player’s moves, exploring what could have been if they had continued to evolve and thrive. As the game progresses, the AI expands its understanding of human decision-making by studying the complex choices players make.

In Human Training Field, I wanted players to feel like they were more than just game participants; they were also subjects within an experiment on human choice and agency in the face of intelligent systems. I explored design elements that amplify this awareness, creating scenarios where the AI, although invisible, subtly controls game dynamics.

This project solidified my commitment to using interactive media not just for functionality but as a medium for awareness and empathy, where every interaction serves as an invitation to consider larger questions about our shared technological future.

Reflection

-Games & AI agents

Individuals

Research

Nvidia senior scientist Jim Fan believes the next frontier in ai will be foundation agent -a single algorithm that masters a wide range of skills, controls many bodies, and generalizes across multiple realities.

Background Relations

-“SIAM”

DeepMind has unveiled the first AI capable of understanding various game worlds. "Games are an important training field for AI, with the same rich learning environment as the real world. "

-The impact of AI on the real environment

Artificial intelligence imitates and replaces physical strength in real people, and constantly changes the division of labor within society.

-Technology and the Lifeworld

Embodiment Relations

Technology is a functional extension of human beings, to understand the world and practice.

Loss of subjectivity

Technology as a background, a part of everyday life, is indispensable only when it fails.

Technological unemployment

Hermeneutic Relations

Future human-technology relationship

Societies

Human-machine collaboration has evolved into a new labor subject

Alterity Relations

The concept of Alterity Relations well within discussions about AI and its potential future role in human society, where machines not only support but possibly surpass or replace human decision-making processes, creating a new form of human-technology interaction.

Concept Ideation

This project explores the evolving relationship between AI and human decision-making. The project aims to examine how AI learns from and reacts to human choices, and ultimately, how AI’s evolution might shape the future.

Don Ihde, a prominent philosopher of technology, he discussed 4 relationships in which artificial intelligence is integrated into daily life in his work Technics and Praxis or Technology and the Lifeworld.

Human cognition of the world is represented, transformed or interpreted through technology.

Technology becomes the object of knowledge, the world revealed through A becomes a technological artifact

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Human and AI development reached the extreme of its Alterity Relations.

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Research of references for different characteristics representing civilizations.

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Design Process

Project Narration

Since AI is unable to iterate with the information in its database.

Game Design

In the game of Huarong Dao, moving different "chess" symbolizes the different choices made by human beings, which will lead to different story developments, and finally the escape of the chess symbolizing the end of the Al's learning process.

Material experimentation

Create unique textures and colors that enhance the visual and tactile qualities, matching the historical aesthetics of each civilization.

KeyFrames

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AI has set up several "training fields for human civilization".

The selection of the element

Huarong dao

The rectangular board shown here is a battlefield; the large square block at the top is Cao Cao; the horizontal rectangular block directly below Cao Cao is Guan Yu; the other eight blocks are other Shu commanders and soldiers; and the opening at the bottom of the board is Huarong Pass. Initially the blocks are arranged as shown here, with Cao Cao’s block trapped by the other nine. The player’s job is to slide blocks horizontally and vertically so that Cao Cao can eventually escape through the pass.

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I utilized AI tools including Midjourney and Gen-2 to generate images of various civilizations and create animated scenes for the video. These tools they leverage AI to creatively visualize and animate different civilizations, mirroring the project’s theme of exploring AI’s evolving relationship with humanity.

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To observe the different choices the humans make.

Steps

Chess Design

This set of chess features 9 lost civilizations. Each single chess represent one civilization's redesigned acoording to its ancient characteristics and symbols, accompanying the design is a speculative historical storyline.

These alternate histories explore the most prominent aspects of each civilization, offering a glimpse into a world where they evolved to their extreme possibilities.