Dataland, the First AI Museum, Converts Info Into a Multisensory Kaleidoscope
Whatever I was expecting from the world's first AI museum isn't what I saw at Dataland. The brand-new facility is a showcase for different ways to beautify data visualization using large language models -- part artistic translation and part experiential exhibit that invites patrons to interact as they walk through its handful of rooms.
But in an age of generative AI models spitting out slop mimicry of human-made art, it's incredibly easy to get the wrong idea about Dataland.
Days before its doors open on June 20, I visited the downtown Los Angeles space where Dataland is housing its modest but vibrant museum. It's tucked into the Grand LA, the most artistic office park I've ever seen, with open-air spiral staircases and a view of the striking Frank Gehry-designed Walt Disney Concert Hall across the street. The doors open to an entryway detailing the debut exhibition, Machine Dreams: Rainforests. Then...
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