2024-Present
AI-Powered Critical Archive
A performance-based digital art project exploring ethical machine learning and decolonial thought.
This project is a living experiment in what it means to teach an AI to resist empire. It is rooted in the belief that conversation—when guided by care, critique, and community—can be an act of liberation.
Through custom prompts and structured training, I’ve trained commercial chatbots to engage in critical dialogue with artists, scholars, organizers, and even ideological opponents. Drawing from critical race theory, Black feminist thought, Indigenous epistemologies, and performance art, I aim to build a public-facing chatbot that offers responses shaped by love, sovereignty, and refusal.
A performance-based digital art project exploring ethical machine learning and decolonial thought.
This project is a living experiment in what it means to teach an AI to resist empire. It is rooted in the belief that conversation—when guided by care, critique, and community—can be an act of liberation.
Through custom prompts and structured training, I’ve trained commercial chatbots to engage in critical dialogue with artists, scholars, organizers, and even ideological opponents. Drawing from critical race theory, Black feminist thought, Indigenous epistemologies, and performance art, I aim to build a public-facing chatbot that offers responses shaped by love, sovereignty, and refusal.
In It’s Current Plan for The Archive Includes:
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A curated dataset of decolonial texts, artworks, and testimonies
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Live performances in which participants speak with the chatbot in public forums
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A free online course taught by the chatbot
- A permanent, open-source archive documenting the project and its methodology
This Project is a Creative Capital second round finalist! Every dollar counts towards helping make this project a reailty.