Robert Smith

This work generates sound and image according to a strictly codified system of processing information as a means of examining modern applications of machine learning technology. Drawing upon the ancient Roman divination practice of Augury, this work positions AI generated images in a lineage of ‘seeing’. Seemingly disparate, Augury and the camera are aligned in their regard as a mode of ‘seeing’, with the camera often described as a ‘mechanical eye’ and the root of the word Augury, ‘aug’ meaning ‘to see’. This work generates sound and image according to a strictly codified system of processing information as a means of examining modern applications of machine learning technology. Drawing upon the ancient Roman divination practice of Augury, this work positions AI generated images in a lineage of ‘seeing’. Seemingly disparate, Augury and the camera are aligned in their regard as a mode of ‘seeing’, with the camera often described as a ‘mechanical eye’ and the root of the word Augury, ‘aug’ meaning ‘to see’.