Qui est là ?
One of the most widely used tools today is the keyboard, whether physical or numeric. So many texts, so many messages ... all written on an Azerty or Qwerty keyboard.
Some time ago, while strolling through the aisles of a historic collection of Telecom objects, I came across an abandoned and completely dismantled keyboard. The keyboard resembles that of a typewriter, but some of its keys are out of the ordinary, notably the “Who's there” key. The “Who's there” key is surely a key specific to Telegraph exchanges, requiring a human operator on each side to write and read messages.
In the light of our times, this ““Qui est là” -“Who's there”- key on the keyboard could only be a key to call out to an A.I., an artificial intelligence that is both vaporous and spiritual, omnipresent. A bit like “Esprit es-tu là?”.
The “Qui est là” installation puts into images and music the words typed by a spectator on the machine and sent to the A.I. via the “Qui est là” key.
The images are totally created by an A.I. generative image-creation program that transforms a text - prompt - into an image. I.A are you there?
And it was with some amusement that I recently read that Microsoft will be making its first significant change to the Windows keyboard, which has remained unchanged for almost thirty years: a brand new keyboard key. Future keyboards will feature a key dedicated to artificial intelligence. It's a short leap from telegraphy to A.I.!
2024 – Albertine Meunier
