Protocols of Encounter
<p>Sofian Audry wrote <em>Art in the Age of Machine Learning</em>, an absolute canon read that contextualizes the contemporary flurry of creative AI application and detournement within a much longer lineage of human-machine relations. Their chapter in <i>Choreomata</i> straddles theory and practice, situating Sofian’s own work in the field of robotics within a history of questions: how do we communicate to an audience through and with machine performers? How does the external intelligibility of a system complicate its autonomy? How, and why, do we construct empathy with our machine collaborators?</p> <p>In this conversation we discuss Sofian’s concept of Apprivoisement, a French term akin to domestication or taming, but one which leans into the mutuality of the relationship without the stain of dominance. We love this term and are eager to watch it seep into the discourse.</p>
Authors: Marek Poliks, Roberto Alonso Trillo
Contributors: Sofian Audry
Part of: Disintegrator Podcast