AI and the Paradox of Agency

The use of AI raises questions about who or what has agency. What does the shift of agency from the individual to something else mean for artists, for society, the planet and the future of humanity? The book is based around conversations between the editor Sarah Cook and the artists of the eponymous at Umea Bildmuseet: boredomresearch, Tega Brain, Dennis Delgado, Linda Dounia Rebeiz, Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg, Nicolas Gourault, Zeno Gries, Lawrence Lek, Rachel Maclean, Stephen Marche, Lauren Lee McCarthy, Florian Model, Yuri Pattison, Planetary Portals, Raqs Media Collective, Daniel Shanken, Caroline Sinders & Romy Gad el Rab, Paola Torres Núñez del Prado, and Addie Wagenknecht.

Sarah Cook is a professor in Information Studies at the University of Glasgow with a foundation in philosophy of technology. She is a curator of exhibitions on art, technology and science, and author of texts about media art and curatorial practice.