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Multi Layered Autonomy and AI Ecologies in Robotic Art Installations

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  • Haebom

Author

Baoyang Chen, Xian Xu, Huamin Qu

Outline

This paper presents Baoyang Chen's large-scale installation, "Symbiosis of Agents." This work explores the tension between mechanical agency and artistic authorship by placing AI-powered robots in an immersive, mirrored space. Inspired by early cybernetics, rule-based conceptual art, and pioneering robotics, it creates a fluid exchange between robotic arms, quadrupedal machines, the environment, and the viewer. A three-tiered belief system (micro-tactic, meso-narrative, and macro-ground rules) governs the ecosystem, allowing behavior to organically evolve based on environmental cues and the viewer's responses, making the viewer a co-author of the unfolding drama. Set against a hypothetical terraforming scenario that evokes the historical exploitation of alienated labor, the work questions who bears responsibility in an AI-mediated future. Choreographed movements, AI-generated scripts, responsive lighting, and drifting fog portray the robots as collaborators rather than tools, creating a living, novel work of art. Internationally exhibited, "Symbiosis of Agents" demonstrates how cybernetic feedback, robotic experimentation, and conceptual rule-making are redefining agency, copyright, and ethics in contemporary art.

Takeaways, Limitations

Takeaways:
Exploring new forms of artistic expression by integrating AI and robotics into artwork.
Redefining the relationship between art and audience by encouraging co-creation of works through audience participation.
Raises questions about the ethical and social implications of AI technology and prompts reflection on responsibility in future societies.
Expanding artistic boundaries by fusing cybernetics, robotics, and conceptual art.
Limitations:
There is no specific mention of Limitations in the paper itself. Potential limitations include the technical implementation of the work, the subjectivity of artistic interpretation, and differences in viewer experience.
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