VISUALISING AI: SCIENCE MEETS STREET ART CO-LAB

How communities perceive, talk about and interact with artificial intelligence (AI) – understanding its benefits and potential risks – has never been more important. Misinformed or exaggerated debate not only affects public confidence, but can ultimately impact on ways AI is developed, adopted and regulated.  

Visualising AI – Science Meets Street Art Co-Lab recognises that for AI to be truly effective as a transformative technology, intended to augment and extend human potential, it must be developed with everyone in the loop. 

In collaboration with Queensland AI Hub (and support of its founding partner, the University of Queensland), Vast Yonder is excited to launch this globally unique sub-program of the 2021 Brisbane Street Art Festival – evolving a concept originally conceived by STEM+ TV/Online Presenter, Lee Constable. 

Designed to canvass authentic public discourse around creation and use of AI, the novel legacy project pairs Queensland’s leading AI experts with up-and-coming street artists, culminating in four legacy murals across Greater Brisbane.

1. Street Artist – Emily Devers 

AI Expert – Associate Professor Felipe Gonzalez (QUT)
Felipe is an aeronautical engineer with a passion for innovation in the fields of aerial robotics and automation. He combines the power of AI and drones to better understand and safeguard precious environments… from the Great Barrier Reef to Antarctica.

2. Street Artist – Madeline Holt

AI Expert – Professor Scott Chapman (University of Queensland)
Scott is an expert at putting big data to work in the field of crop simulation modelling and genetics – leading teams to combine AI and other technologies (drone data, remote sensing from satellites, IoT sensors and image processing) to predict and adapt grain crops across Australia. Ultimately, his work aims to help farmers by synchronising crop growth and development to extremely variable climates.

3. Street Artists – Scott Nagy & Krimsone

AI Expert – Professor Janet Wiles (University of Queensland)
Janet specialises in human-robot interactions, language technologies, bio-inspired computation, visualisation and AI, complex systems modelling in biology and neuroscience, human memory, language, and cognition.

4. Street Artist – Damien Kamholtz

AI Expert – Dr Sally Shrapnel (University of Queensland)
Sally is an interdisciplinary scientist working at the interface of causality and machine learning. The former GP is currently the lead on an international COVID-19 related study, using AI to predict kidney injury.