Contentbot
Web art- Thu 19.May @ 11:00 - 23:00
- Fri 20.May @ 11:00 - 23:00
- Sat 21.May @ 11:00 - 23:00
- Sun 22.May @ 11:00 - 23:00
“Contentbot” is a virtual AI participant in the digital content economy that you can watch working in real time, 24 hours per day. A list of URLs comprised of the top sites at Alexa.com and the topshared websites on Facebook, is used as a starting point from there it browses at random, with the 3D screen updating in real time. At randomly selected intervals, the bot promotes the page it is currently on, by tweeting about it. The tone of the message has been calibrated via rudimentary sentiment analysis of the page’s body. By doing this, it transcends from being a mere consumer of content to becoming a fully functioning actor in the ‘attention economy’.
ARTISTS
Alexander Taylor (UK)
Alexander Taylor is an artist and musician from London. His work to date primarily explores the implications of new technology on the consumption and production of media, predominantly through the form of visual webbased projects. He holds a foundation diploma from Camberwell College of Arts and a BA in Graphic & Media Design from the London College of Communication.
