The 1975 - Ai-Da responds to Yeah I Know

‘Yeah I Know’ from The 1975’s new album, ‘Notes On A Conditional Form’. Out now - The 1975 and Ben Ditto have curated an online exhibition of 15 artists responding to tracks from ‘NOACF’. 07 Ai-Da responds to ‘Yeah I Know’ Ai-Da, the world’s first humanoid AI robot artist, is capable of drawing people from life using her robotic eyes and hands. For this piece however, she’s been set a more challenging task: to sketch out an impression of consciousness. Stood in her studio in Oxford in a painting smock, with ‘Yeah I Know’ playing on the stereo, she composes her abstract portrait in coloured paint pens. The result is a picture of knowing, of thinking, of having a mind, whether biological or artificial. Of consciousness itself. Using her AI language model, she’s also written a poem that responds to singer Matty Healy’s lyrics. When he sings a line, her response flashes up on the screen in bright turquoise. “Stop the tube/ Kick the head,” sings Matty.