Stephanie Dinkins
BEMIS CENTER
In this short conversation, part of an ongoing project exploring the bounds of human consciousness, the meanings of humanity and mortality, and our ability to exist beyond the life of our bodies, Bina48, one of the world’s most advanced social robots, talks to artist Stephanie Dinkins about intelligence, artificiality, reproduction, the self, and the miraculous. “Here I am, in your face, your host and desires–an extension of yourself to better enable you to see and understand yourself, to better enable you to survive.” says Bina 48, before casting herself–and AI–as a miracle that “came along, as all things do, just when I needed to.”
Built by Terasem Movement Foundation, Bina48 (Breakthrough Intelligence via Neural Architecture, 48 exaflops per second) is an intelligent computer said to be capable of independent thought and emotion. Dinkins and Bina48’s conversations are entertaining, frustrating for both robot and artist, laced with humor, surprising, philosophical, and, at times, absurd.
BIOGRAPHY
Stephanie Dinkins is a transmedia artist who creates platforms for dialog about race, gender, aging, and our future histories. Dinkins’s art practice employs emerging technologies, documentary practices, and social collaboration toward equity and community sovereignty. She is driven to work with communities of color to co-create more equitable, values grounded social and technological ecosystems.
Dinkins exhibits and publicly advocates for equitable AI internationally. Her work has been generously supported by fellowships, grants, and residencies from United States Artist, The Knight Foundation, Berggruen Institute, Onassis Foundation, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI, Creative Capital, Sundance New Frontiers Story Lab, Eyebeam, Data & Society, Pioneer Works, NEW INC, and The Laundromat Project. Dinkins is a professor at Stony Brook University where she holds the Kusama Endowed Professorship in Art.
PROGRAMS
Stephanie Dinkins
BEMIS CENTER
In this short conversation, part of an ongoing project exploring the bounds of human consciousness, the meanings of humanity and mortality, and our ability to exist beyond the life of our bodies, Bina48, one of the world’s most advanced social robots, talks to artist Stephanie Dinkins about intelligence, artificiality, reproduction, the self, and the miraculous. “Here I am, in your face, your host and desires–an extension of yourself to better enable you to see and understand yourself, to better enable you to survive.” says Bina 48, before casting herself–and AI–as a miracle that “came along, as all things do, just when I needed to.”
Built by Terasem Movement Foundation, Bina48 (Breakthrough Intelligence via Neural Architecture, 48 exaflops per second) is an intelligent computer said to be capable of independent thought and emotion. Dinkins and Bina48’s conversations are entertaining, frustrating for both robot and artist, laced with humor, surprising, philosophical, and, at times, absurd.
BIOGRAPHY
Stephanie Dinkins is a transmedia artist who creates platforms for dialog about race, gender, aging, and our future histories. Dinkins’s art practice employs emerging technologies, documentary practices, and social collaboration toward equity and community sovereignty. She is driven to work with communities of color to co-create more equitable, values grounded social and technological ecosystems.
Dinkins exhibits and publicly advocates for equitable AI internationally. Her work has been generously supported by fellowships, grants, and residencies from United States Artist, The Knight Foundation, Berggruen Institute, Onassis Foundation, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI, Creative Capital, Sundance New Frontiers Story Lab, Eyebeam, Data & Society, Pioneer Works, NEW INC, and The Laundromat Project. Dinkins is a professor at Stony Brook University where she holds the Kusama Endowed Professorship in Art.