Illustration Work for the KIAS Webzine HORIZON: “An Experience of Transdisciplinarity”
Based on the original manuscript, I aimed to incorporate keywords associated with artificial intelligence into the artwork:
AlphaGo: Patterns and stones reminiscent of a Go board to symbolize the theme.
Man-Made Human: A statue representing a human-made form, embedding a program within it.
Rather than depicting robots or human figures directly, I wanted to express the ideas through more abstract and indirect visual elements.
Awe: The sense of mystery, wonder, and simultaneous fear toward AI is conveyed through a dark background with strong complementary contrasts.
Inside the statue, I included a frequently cited quote in AI research:
“Today’s AI is about new ways of connecting people to computers, people to knowledge, people to the physical world, and people to people.”
– Patrick Winston, MIT AI Lab, 1997
I wanted to create a scene that suggests advanced AI is reaching out into the world—breaking free from the frame (the statue) created by humans. The text extending beyond the sculpture is intended to evoke the feeling of AI connecting with the world beyond.
Category
Visual Graphic, Illustration
Belong
Korea Institute for Advanced Study
Date
2019
