Thou Shalt Not Make Images—But What if AI Does?

BCNM alum Trevor Paglen sits down with writer and performer Gideon Jacobs to explore the evolving role of visual representation in the age of AI!

Trevor, whose work often investigates surveillance, secrecy, and the politics of images, reflects on how humanity’s ancient anxieties about imagery have resurfaced as artificial intelligence transforms the visual landscape. Comparing images to "slippery goblins," he speaks about the instability of images over time and questioned the persistent link between images and truth—a bond once reinforced by early photography, now destabilized by AI.

Read the full conversation here!