ai8ball
ai8ball is an interactive video installation that answers "yes" or "no" questions using artificial intelligence. Viewers can ask their questions at a podium with a keyboard and trackball.
Dimensions: 3.5 ft x 6.5 ft x 4 ft
Materials: rubber, PVC tubing, MDF, computer with custom software, video projector
Shown at COLLISIONeleven (C11), MIT Stata Center Gallery, Cambridge, MA, Apr 20 to May 01, 2007
ai8ball is an interactive video installation that answers "yes" or "no" questions using artificial intelligence. Viewers can ask their questions at a podium with a keyboard and trackball.
The podium houses the CPU and a video projector that projects the questions and answers on a three-foot sphere, the ai8ball.
The system runs the following cycle of actions:
The viewer is prompted to answer a few previously asked questions (to be used as training data).
The viewer asks their own "yes" or "no" question.
The system uses a neural network to answer the question.
The answer is presented along with a degree of confidence.