Intro

At AIxDESIGN, we’ve been working on interrogating and re-imagining the visual language around AI through the projects [ RESEARCH ] Better Images of [Responsible] AI and [ RESEARCH ] Archival Images of AI in collaboration with **The Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision** and We and AI.

For these project we’ve created briefs for artists and image-maker of what we think better images of AI could be about.

We figured it’d be helpful to collect all these briefs in one place and share them as a public resource for anyone who wishes to make better images of AI!

INDEX

01_What are ‘better’ images of AI?

❌ The images we don’t need more of

🎉 The images we need more of

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Refer to the Better Images of AI Guidebook for additional information, research & guidelines

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02_Image-making briefs for Better Images of AI

You’re probably familiar with AI’s visual tropes like glowing brains, humanoid robots and walls of code that skew our understanding of AI. This section is our antidote: it highlights the image briefs we used in our research that offer more thoughtful, engaging narratives.

Here’s a handful of image-making briefs to serve as a starting point for creating better images of AI. Let us know what you make! 🙂

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Click the ▸ on the blue headers below to open the toggle and read more.

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→ AI NARRATIVES

AI narratives play a crucial role in shaping our understanding, design and application of artificial intelligence, influencing how we perceive its potential and limitations. In this section, we explore mainstream AI narratives, encouraging critical interrogation of the underlying assumptions.