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Project name

Deviation Game

Description

A game to explore the co-evolution of AI and humans.

Role

Researcher / Software Engineering

Updated Date

2025.01.20

Project Types

The rapid advancement in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), has resulted in AI being able to imitate many of the intellectual tasks that were once exclusive to humans, such as generating images and writing. This development has sparked a great deal of excitement but also considerable concern among artists who fear that their jobs may become obsolete.

However, just as the rise of the first photographic machine in the early 19th century freed painters from realism and paved the way for the Impressionist movement represented by Monet and Van Gogh, history has shown us that whenever a new technology emerges that can replace human acts of expression, people have found ways to deviate and create unique forms of expression that cannot be replicated by that technology. This pattern of imitation and deviation has been a driving force in the evolution of both technology and expression.

Building on the Imitation Game (1950) by Alan Turing, often considered as the father of modern computer science, we propose a new type of game, titled the Deviation Game. Through this project, our aim is to utilise AI not to imitate past expressions, but to identify what has already been expressed, allowing one to deviate from it.

Credits

Software Engineering: Kye Shimizu (N sketch inc.), Daiki Hashimoto (N sketch inc.), Hidemaro Fujinami (N sketch inc.)

Concept: Tomo Kihara

Design: Studio Playfool

Sound: Matteo Bandi

Production Support: Masato Sekine, Studio Onder de Linde

Graphic Design: Chika Yamaguchi, Taeko Isu

Mentors: Takayuki Ito (Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media), Asami Hosokawa (Sapporo International Art Festival)

Funding & Support: Civic Creative Base Tokyo (CCBT), Creative Industries Fund NL

Exhibitions

PARCO POND 2023 / Tokyo, Japan / Parco Shibuya

Now Play This 2023 / London, UK / V&A Museum

Cinekid Festival 2023 / Amsterdam, Netherlands / Cinekid Festival

Ars Electronica Festival 2023 / Linz, Austria / Post City

CCBT Fellowship 2023 / Tokyo, Japan / CCBT