Bots vs. AI: Two Kinds of Software Art Take Different Approaches to the Digital Commons

“AI: More than Human,” an exhibition that appeared at London’s Barbican Art Gallery this past summer and can now be seen at the Forum in Groningen, the Netherlands, mirrors the muddled zeitgeist of artificial intelligence. It seeks to bring together the various elements of art, research, and commerce, displaying interactive installations as well as projects applying AI in fields as diverse as agriculture and neuroscience. Rather than untangle these distinct areas, Barbican cura