Experience the future of art. Don't miss "Evolution and Foundation."

🗓️ Public Viewing: Oct 17–26, 2025, 11am-6pm.
📍 Oxo Gallery, @oxotowerwharf, London.
Sponsored by @GoogleDeepMind.

#DigitalArt #LondonExhibition #ArtandAI #GoogleGemini #HumanAICollaboration #AIArt

Artist William Latham on the results: "We were fascinated to see what this new approach of ‘Targeted Evolution’ would produce and the outcomes have far surpassed our expectations."

It’s a glimpse into a new frontier of co-creation.
#HumanAICollaboration #AIArt

This is a true human-AI collaboration, bringing together artist William Latham, mathematician Stephen Todd, and @GoogleDeepMind Research Engineer Dylan Banarse.

The work is curated by Prof Frederic Fol Leymarie of @GoldsmithsUoL.
#AIart #GenerativeArt

Inside the gallery, you won't just see the final art. You'll explore giant "evolutionary trees" showing the work's journey over hundreds of generations.

You can even read the AI's "thoughts" on its creative choices and listen to an AI-generated podcast about the project's genesis.

More than AI art, this is AI as the artist.

Our 'Foundational Evolution' process marries 35yrs of genetic grammar from artist William Latham & mathematician Stephen Todd with Gemini. The AI interprets abstract visuals like an inkblot test, selecting which forms 'survive' & evolve.

What can you do with one?

Could these principles inform more engaging, collaborative, and perhaps even understandable AI? By giving agents a drive not just to learn about us, but to achieve mutual awareness with us? Explore the possibilities in our paper! 👇 #FutureofAI #AgentAI #GoogleDeepMind

We propose this intrinsic motivation could have evolved via the Baldwin effect, potentially facilitating social coordination during the Paleolithic and even laying the groundwork for communication and culture. #Influence #Impressionability #Reciprocity #SocialCognition

Such agents motivated by reciprocal understanding strongly prefer interacting with each other over inanimate objects or predictable 'shadows'. This intrinsic reward even fosters cooperation where only one agent receives an external reward. #Cooperation #Altruism #GameTheory

We model the "Wanting to Be Understood" drive in RL agents via intrinsic rewards for mutual awareness. Unlike a simpler 'curiosity' reward (a drive to understand), this involves reciprocity – influencing AND being influenced by another agent. #ReinforcementLearning #SocialAI

We used simulations with RL agents in the "Perceptual Crossing Paradigm" (PCP) – virtual avatars interacting on a circle. We tested various internal reward functions, including artificial curiosity and drives for imitation, influence, and anticipation. #ReinforcementLearning

Such agents motivated by reciprocal understanding strongly prefer interacting with each other over inanimate objects or predictable 'shadows'. This intrinsic reward even fosters cooperation where only one agent receives an external reward. #Cooperation #Altruism #GameTheory