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Alum Trevor Paglen on PBS NewsHour

16 Aug, 2018

Alum Trevor Paglen on PBS NewsHour

Alum Trevor Paglen discusses his latest obsession — how artificial intelligence is reshaping imagery — with Jeffrey Brown on PBS NewsHour. Their discussion is well-worth a listen, as they delve into landscapes of surveillance and the work that is on display at the Smithsonian American Art Museum for "Sites Unseen."

From the interview:

The photograph is a little bit of a trick, in the sense that there is no evidence of the thing I’m actually trying to photograph in the image. You cannot see the thing.

Read the full transcript and watch the video here.