AI: More than Human

Explore our relationship with artificial intelligence

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A new world

Where machines learn, respond and react like humans

Know the basics

What is AI?

Dr Ramon Amaro on how it's used and how it's changing our world

The timeline

25 Moments that Defined AI

Key dates in math, computing, science and culture that got us to where we are today

AI explained

Key topics in 120 seconds

Legends and myths

How ancient folklore predicted AI

From Jewish tradition to the horror of Frankenstein

The father of AI

How Alan Turing laid the foundations for AI

Connecting algorithms, the Turing Test and CAPTCHA

A unique relationship

Why do we find human-like robots so creepy?

The meaning behind the term 'uncanny valley'

The singularity

How technology might outsmart us

Inside the superhuman ‘intelligence explosion’

The most famous branch of AI

How machine learning is changing everything

From computer science and neural networks to AlphaGo

Enter the exhibition

The Barbican's landmark series exploring the past, present and future of AI

Exhibition overview

What is 'AI: More than Human'?

Come face-to-face with the future

Curator Q&A

Suzanne Livingston on the ideas behind the exhibition

A look at the interaction and evolution of humans with machines

Top tips

What to see at 'AI: More than Human'

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From an immersive digital ecosystem to a dancing avatar

Decoding how AI works

From brain to body

How does AI see, hear and move?

Exploring the 'mind machines'

Inside the grand challenge

The computer program that shocked the world

AlphaGo's win as a symbol of tech's creative potential

Making meaning into math

How machines can understand human language

A look at Google PAIR’s project, 'Waterfall of Meaning'

Expert Q&A

Hiroshi Ishiguro on humanoid robots

A journey towards understanding human intelligence

Where AI meets culture

Origin stories

The dream of AI

Ideas of artificial intelligence through history and across cultures

Mysticism, legend and art

Meet the first 'Artificial Intelligence'

Discover the connection between AI and the Golem of Jewish mysticism

Data worlds

How is AI shaping our lives, world and mind?

The ways AI is changing society, from healthcare to retail

Scientist Q&A

Joy Buolamwini on gender and racial biases in AI

How can technology overcome its prejudices?

Tech against abuse

How to respond to online abuse, censorship and extremism?

Jigsaw shares 13 projects tackling global security challenges

The key cultural questions

Understanding the power of technology

How your mobile came to rule your life

by Jamie Bartlett

How to coexist with intelligent agents

by James Bridle

How has digital changed our perception of time?

by Rebecca Coleman

What is the internet doing to our bodies?

by Vybarr Cregan-Reid

How will technology change our worklife?

by Urvashi Aneja

How is technology changing fashion?

by Sarah Ditty

Code that's trying to save the world

AI, art, and nature

Swim with the robot fish

Meet the soft robotic fish unlocking the secrets of the ocean

A look into MIT CSAIL's new technology

Saving the planet

Can technology help save the bees?

MIT's The Mediated Matter Group has made it summer all year round for honeybees

Artificial nature

How tech can resurrect the smell of extinct flowers

Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg on how you capture the scent of a plant from 1912

When art meets AI

Taking art beyond the canvas

ART + AI

Can datasets create art?

Explore Anna Ridler's tulip-inspired work

Animation + AI

Sunshowers: AI through the lens of Japanese Shinto

A specially-created animation by Sam Twidale and Marija Avramovic

ART + AI

Would you tell your secrets to an AI?

Artist Lauren McCarthy investigates becoming a human smart home intelligence system

ART + AI

An artwork that wants you to like it

Mario Klingeman's 'Circuit Training'

ART + AI

The story of deep neural networks and hallucinogenic images

Step inside Alexander Mordvintsev's artwork

DESIGN + AI

Meet your synthetic self

Universal Everything present their new installation, 'Future You'

Create your own AI artwork

Es Devlin invites you to be part of a global collective poem online and at the Barbican's exhibition

An experiment at the boundaries of AI and human collaboration

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Artist insight

Es Devlin on POEMPORTRAITS

Combining poetry, design and AI

Expert interview

How Ross Goodwin uses computers to generate poetry

The creative technologist explains the science behind his algorithm

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When poetry meets machine learning

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The music of the future

Tech that hits the right note

A new AI melody

Yuri Suzuki resurrects Raymond Scott's Electronium: the world's first electronic sequencer

AI faces the music

12 songs made by artificial intelligence

The playlist of the future

"There is a future about to happen, and we can help shape it. It's going to be a great one."Suzanne Livingston (Curator of AI: More than Human)