UKAI Projects

At UKAI Projects, we research, prototype, and produce culture for what’s coming. Our work is a response to the increasing automation and regularization of everyday life. Many are no longer confident that the future will be better than the past or even the present, so we turn over more and more systems to the logics of efficiency and size. We deliver on projects that diversify the pool of solutions we have to draw upon now and going forward.

UKAI Values

  • Polyphony

    Multiple ways of understanding the world in conversation with each other.

  • Transvaluation

    Substituting new values into existing systems to shift why they do what they do (prioritizing generosity over efficiency, compassion over growth)

  • Prefiguration

    Organizing our relationships to reflect the future we are trying to build.

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Blog

  • The Trouble with Synthetic Language

    The Trouble with Synthetic Language

    Large language models are rightly getting a lot of attention at the moment with the launch of ChatGPT and GPT-4. We are also seeing a backlash against digital images generated...

    The Trouble with Synthetic Language

    Large language models are rightly getting a lot of attention at the moment with the launch of ChatGPT and GPT-4. We are also seeing a backlash against digital images generated...

  • National AI Programming for Artists and Cultural Workers: Community Consultation Data (GTA)

    National AI Programming for Artists and Cultura...

    UKAI Projects will be offering national programming on artificial intelligence for artists and cultural workers through the support of the Canada Council for the Arts in 2024. We will be...

    National AI Programming for Artists and Cultura...

    UKAI Projects will be offering national programming on artificial intelligence for artists and cultural workers through the support of the Canada Council for the Arts in 2024. We will be...

  • Factitious: In-Person Residency - Apply Now!

    Factitious: In-Person Residency - Apply Now!

    Application Deadline: March 7, 2024Participants Confirmed: March 14, 2024Residency Begins: March 21, 2024 Are you a creator interested in building situated encounters with generative language? UKAI Projects is inviting eight...

    Factitious: In-Person Residency - Apply Now!

    Application Deadline: March 7, 2024Participants Confirmed: March 14, 2024Residency Begins: March 21, 2024 Are you a creator interested in building situated encounters with generative language? UKAI Projects is inviting eight...

  • Eccentric: A digitial, asynchronous, collaborative workspace

    Eccentric: A digitial, asynchronous, collaborat...

    Eccentric the current version of the app can be found at https://hyphacoop.github.io/restructuring-futures/ Eccentric (prototype name) is a digital, asynchronous, collaborative workspace designed for cultural production. It’s a space to make...

    Eccentric: A digitial, asynchronous, collaborat...

    Eccentric the current version of the app can be found at https://hyphacoop.github.io/restructuring-futures/ Eccentric (prototype name) is a digital, asynchronous, collaborative workspace designed for cultural production. It’s a space to make...

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  • The Arts has a Fever

    The Arts has a Fever

    UKAI Projects · Local Disturbances - Shorts #24 - The Arts has a Fever The UKAI team went to the UK in December of 2022. We spent just under a...

    The Arts has a Fever

    UKAI Projects · Local Disturbances - Shorts #24 - The Arts has a Fever The UKAI team went to the UK in December of 2022. We spent just under a...

  • Please Don't Understand This

    Please Don't Understand This

    UKAI Projects · Local Disturbances - Shorts #23 - Please Don't Understand This   Language is a writhing, squirming thing. As soon as we pin it down somewhere, it wriggles...

    Please Don't Understand This

    UKAI Projects · Local Disturbances - Shorts #23 - Please Don't Understand This   Language is a writhing, squirming thing. As soon as we pin it down somewhere, it wriggles...

  • Disciplined by Ideology

    Disciplined by Ideology

    UKAI Projects · Local Disturbances - Shorts #21 - Disciplined by Ideology A year ago today, I had just gotten back from Berlin as we wrapped up Ferment AI, a...

    Disciplined by Ideology

    UKAI Projects · Local Disturbances - Shorts #21 - Disciplined by Ideology A year ago today, I had just gotten back from Berlin as we wrapped up Ferment AI, a...

  • The Computer is Your Redacted

    The Computer is Your Redacted

    UKAI Projects · Local Disturbances - Shorts #20 - The Computer is Your Redacted We're sharing this project from 2022-2023 because it is an itch we can’t seem to scratch...

    The Computer is Your Redacted

    UKAI Projects · Local Disturbances - Shorts #20 - The Computer is Your Redacted We're sharing this project from 2022-2023 because it is an itch we can’t seem to scratch...

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