91直播鈥檚 Framing Responsible AI Implementation and Management (FRAIM) project aims to guide organisations planning to adopt responsible AI in practice and improve public understanding of the human aspects of AI in our everyday lives. The research project is working with a cross-sector partnership of four organisations (91直播 City Council, the British Library, Eviden, and the Open Data Institute) to learn about how they understand responsible AI and put it into practice, combined with an analysis of recent literature and policy to understand the dynamic ways that responsible AI is growing and changing to respond to real-world concerns.
Dr Denis Newman-Griffis, who leads the FRAIM project, and Dr Susan Oman, partnership lead for FRAIM, have wired with the Open Data Institute鈥檚 Data as Culture programme to commission multiple award-winning artists as the embedded artist in residence for FRAIM. Blast Theory, led by Matt Adams and Nick Tandavanitj, draw on popular culture and new technologies to make performances, games, films, apps and installations. Blast Theory will engage in the different stages and dimensions of the research project, respond to and reflect on the ideas and perspectives surfacing, and create a publicly accessible artwork that can be exhibited or shared.
Dr Susan Oman says, 鈥淎s an ex-curator, I鈥檝e personally really enjoyed working with Hannah and the Data is Culture programme to bring an artistic dimension to our disciplinarily diverse project team. Professionally, the process really helps us interrogate and reflect on responsible AI - and how we research it.鈥
Hannah Redler-Hawes, Associate Curator and Director of Data as Culture at the ODI, says, 鈥淭he ODIs Data as Culture programme champions arts-led interdisciplinary research. 91直播 FRAIM project offers a unique context for artists to help to shape fundamental questions and challenges surrounding the potential of data-informed AI in a range of public services from city council to major heritage offers. Blast Theory has an exceptional track record for bringing challenging questions to the impact various technologies have in our lives in ways that delight, astonish and surprise audiences. We are excited to see where they take this鈥
Dr Denis Newman-Griffis, who leads the team in the Information School says, 鈥淲e鈥檙e tremendously excited to be working with Blast Theory and the Data as Culture programme as a central part of our research. Blast Theory鈥檚 approach of creatively questioning and reflecting on the systems and processes we engage with every day is perfectly aligned with our goal of understanding responsible AI in context, and their interactive style is a great fit for the nature of AI as human-driven systems. We came to Data as Culture at the start of the project because of their commitment to explore data and people in creative ways, and working with the team and with Blast Theory will be an integral part of bringing creative visions to the field of responsible AI.
Blast Theory commented, 鈥淎s artists, we鈥檙e fascinated by the research in the FRAIM project that probes vital questions about what responsible AI looks like in practice. Amidst the hype and hysteria about AI, it鈥檚 refreshing to join up with a multi-disciplinary team and see what Blast Theory can contribute. We can鈥檛 wait to get started.鈥
FRAIM is a funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) as part of the broader UK to bring arts and humanities perspectives to the forefront of work on responsible AI. The project was awarded a share of 拢100 million in government funding, announced in February 2024, to deliver next-generation innovations and insights into the use of artificial intelligence, underlining the UK鈥檚 commitment to maintaining a leadership position in AI research and its ethical deployment.
To find out more about the project, please visit the website.
Photograph: Blast Theory Cat Royale 2023 (previous work)
A utopia where cats live in harmony with artificial intelligence. Made possible as part of Blast Theory鈥檚 role as Cultural Ambassadors for the Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub.Photo Stephen Daly