Unboxed City

Unboxed City https://unboxedcity.mit.edu Unboxed City Tue, 09 Apr 2024 23:32:50 +0000 https://unboxedcity.mit.edu en Page 1: GIF https://unboxedcity.mit.edu/Page-1-GIF Thu, 15 Feb 2024 20:15:00 +0000 Unboxed City https://unboxedcity.mit.edu/Page-1-GIF Page 6 - Video https://unboxedcity.mit.edu/Page-6-Video Tue, 09 Apr 2024 23:32:50 +0000 Unboxed City https://unboxedcity.mit.edu/Page-6-Video <img id="image1" src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c2222998/totemeL-white.png" alt="Image" style="width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 20px 0; z-index: 0;"> <img id="image2" src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c2222998/totemeR-white.png" alt="Image" style="width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 20px 0; z-index: 0;"> <img id="image3" src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c2222998/totemeL-white.png" alt="Image" style="width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 20px 0; z-index: 0;"> <img id="image4" src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c2222998/totemeR-white.png" alt="Image" style="width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 20px 0; z-index: 0;"> document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0].style.background = '#51a27f'; // Check if there's a stored state if (localStorage.getItem('videoState') !== null) { var videoState = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('videoState')); document.getElementById('video1Container').style.display = videoState.video1; document.getElementById('video2Container').style.display = videoState.video2; document.getElementById('video3Container').style.display = videoState.video3; document.getElementById('video4Container').style.display = videoState.video4; // If a video was playing, restore its image if (videoState.playingVideo !== "") { document.getElementById(videoState.playingVideo).contentWindow.postMessage('{"event":"command","func":"' + 'playVideo' + '","args":""}', '*'); document.getElementById(videoState.playingImage).src = videoState.playingImageSrc; } } // Save the state on page refresh window.onbeforeunload = function () { var videoState = { video1: document.getElementById('video1Container').style.display, video2: document.getElementById('video2Container').style.display, video3: document.getElementById('video3Container').style.display, video4: document.getElementById('video4Container').style.display, playingVideo: "", playingImage: "", playingImageSrc: "" }; 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videoState.playingImage = 'image4'; videoState.playingImageSrc = 'https://files.cargocollective.com/c2222998/totemeR-white.png'; } localStorage.setItem('videoState', JSON.stringify(videoState)); }; setTimeout(function(){ document.getElementById('video2').src = "https://www.youtube.com/embed/xOZphl2YsjE?autoplay=1&loop=1&playlist=xOZphl2YsjE&mute=1&controls=0&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0"; document.getElementById('video3').src = "https://www.youtube.com/embed/UMOXi7SmdtM?autoplay=1&loop=1&playlist=UMOXi7SmdtM&mute=1&controls=0&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0"; document.getElementById('video1').src = "https://www.youtube.com/embed/UBWJ3ZNY-VY?autoplay=1&loop=1&playlist=UBWJ3ZNY-VY&mute=1&controls=0&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0"; document.getElementById('video4').src = "https://www.youtube.com/embed/dpSooiVRsfQ?autoplay=1&loop=1&playlist=dpSooiVRsfQ&mute=1&controls=0&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0"; }, 1000); setTimeout(function(){ document.getElementById('video2Container').style.display = 'block'; document.getElementById('image2').src = 'https://files.cargocollective.com/c2222998/totemeR-black.png'; }, 4000); setTimeout(function(){ document.getElementById('video3Container').style.display = 'block'; document.getElementById('image3').src = 'https://files.cargocollective.com/c2222998/totemeL-black.png'; }, 6000); setTimeout(function(){ document.getElementById('video1Container').style.display = 'block'; document.getElementById('image1').src = 'https://files.cargocollective.com/c2222998/totemeL-black.png'; }, 8000); setTimeout(function(){ document.getElementById('video4Container').style.display = 'block'; document.getElementById('image4').src = 'https://files.cargocollective.com/c2222998/totemeR-black.png'; }, 10000); Page 2: Exhibition Information https://unboxedcity.mit.edu/Page-2-Exhibition-Information Thu, 15 Feb 2024 20:15:00 +0000 Unboxed City https://unboxedcity.mit.edu/Page-2-Exhibition-Information at the Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism East Lobby, MIT Media Lab, 75 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02139 from March 8, 2024 to May 6, 2024 Unboxed Citycritical explorations of ai and cities “Unboxed City: critical explorations of [ai] and cities” teaches us how generative AI algorithms work by literally being immersed within one. The large black-box references the notion of black-box algorithms, a concept first introduced in cybernetics referring to the inability to understand how systems/algorithms work. A totem in the center box holds four large screens playing multi-directional videos illustrating the process of neural networks—collecting, encoding, and decoding data, thereby transforming it into artificial intelligence. The narrative reveals the biases, and limitations in shaping cities through AI which are built on available datasets—from satellite imagery to street-level photos, demographic profiles, and climate information—they are assembled on what is accessible, not the nuances of what makes a city. The black reflective walls of the box’s interior project real and unreal elements layered in an infinite loop, creating the sensation of what it might feel like to be inside an algorithm. The infinite reflectivity reminds visitors that what is created through generative AI is not real but rather impressions of reality. The experience critiques the bias embedded in AI highlighting incomplete, unknown, unequal, and non-inclusive datasets leave much of the city out of focus. It is clear there is a need to incorporate human input and community perspectives into models to ensure they reflect citizens' diverse needs, desires, and dreams. Ultimately, there is a call to action to generate AI systems that are not dominated by power but rather are cooperative with human intelligence—representing the diversity and complexity of seeing the world outside of the algorithm. Page 3: Closing https://unboxedcity.mit.edu/Page-3-Closing Thu, 15 Feb 2024 21:59:59 +0000 Unboxed City https://unboxedcity.mit.edu/Page-3-Closing Exhibition Closing Friday, May 3, 20245:00 - 7:00 PM ReceptionEast Lobby, MIT Media Lab Add your voice to the algorithm! As the box closes, we would like you to add your human voice to the algorithm. Join us in the Media Lab Lobby for an analog data session, in which you all write on the box to tell us how human intelligence should work with artificial intelligence.The LCAU will provide drinks and a light snack to free your mind and generate ideas. <img width="2026" height="1226" width_o="2026" height_o="1226" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8a0cd26a8ac34cbe0dbce1defe01319e7ed7224e16ce034daa813e527670d278/Screenshot-2024-04-10-at-1.12.15-PM.png" data-mid="208702536" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8a0cd26a8ac34cbe0dbce1defe01319e7ed7224e16ce034daa813e527670d278/Screenshot-2024-04-10-at-1.12.15-PM.png" /> Page 5 - Gallery https://unboxedcity.mit.edu/Page-5-Gallery Thu, 22 Feb 2024 17:23:34 +0000 Unboxed City https://unboxedcity.mit.edu/Page-5-Gallery Gallery Page 6: Exhibition Opening https://unboxedcity.mit.edu/Page-6-Exhibition-Opening Tue, 09 Apr 2024 15:46:43 +0000 Unboxed City https://unboxedcity.mit.edu/Page-6-Exhibition-Opening Opening: Friday, March 08, 2024 5:00 PM Reception 5:30 PM Panel Sarah Williams Associate Professor of Technology and Urban Planning; Director of the Civic Data Design Lab and the Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism, MIT Santiago ‘Santi’ Garces Chief Information Officer for the City of Boston Andres Sevstuk Associate Professor of Urban Science and Planning; Director of City Form Lab, MIT Caitlin Mueller Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Associate Professor of Architecture; Director of Digital Structures, MIT Huma Gupta Aga Khan Assistant Professor in Islamic Architecture, MIT Catherine D'Ignazio Associate Professor of Urban Science and Planning; Director of Data + Feminism Lab Page 4: Credits https://unboxedcity.mit.edu/Page-4-Credits Thu, 22 Feb 2024 17:23:24 +0000 Unboxed City https://unboxedcity.mit.edu/Page-4-Credits Credits: Unboxed City is a collaboration between the Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism (LCAU) and OverUnder. The idea for the exhibition started during a LCAU summer 2023 research project which sought to understand the ways in which Generative AI is used in Urban Design, Architecture, Planning and related fields. As the research progressed our team realized there is still so much misconception about how Generative AI algorithms work so we decided to unbox it. The exhibition builds on that initial research and the many LCAU faculty, students, and staff helping to build that knowledge. LCAU Sarah Williams, Director LCAU Alberto Meouchi, Exhibition Lead Minwook Kang Rohit Sanatani Karen Kuo Maria Gabriela Carucci Nathan Powell Thanh Nguyen Ricardo Campos Lauren Gideonse Tianyu Su Addy Smith-Reiman Sara Mesquita Niko McGlashan Katerina Labrou Eric Lam OverUnderRami el SamahyMarcus SpringerBrett PiersonLiam ScottAlexa Dickinson MITJim Harrington Video and Audio MaterialsSiemond Chan ContractorMike Bridge of LePont Woodworking