HUMAN-MACHINE MEMORY

We are living in an age where AI can generate creative works like art, music, and even writings that mimic human abilities. In some instances, they can even surpass human capabilities in detecting finer details and patterns (Manovich, Artificial Aesthetics). Yet it is well known that we and machines are fundamentally different—but how? This research aims to investigate these differences, particularly in how humans and machines recall information by looking at memory—something that machine learning models are better at than anything else (recalling) yet never can truly ‘understand’ due to its nature. Unlike humans, machines lack emotional experiences and subjective understanding, making their "recall" fundamentally different from ours.

Through a series of experiments using digital materials—such as images, texts, and data, alongside software and hardware like coding and sensor modules—this research investigates the relationship between human memories, represented as images and texts, and machine memories, represented as processable data. By examining how AI models handle these inputs and process them as information, this research aims to reveal the underlying structure and techniques of machines, which, in most cases, remain invisible in our everyday interactions with these AI tools.

How are our digital memories represented in a way that machines can understand? How do machines process what we consider memories? And how do they generate meaning and learn from our data? These are the questions that drive the works shown in this website.

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How are texts and images represented in computer memory?

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How does a machine learn to recognize objects through colors?


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Can we translate meaningful interactions into a visual representation for a machine?

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Visualizing interpolation within the latent space, where machines connect and form relationships between different data points