UCI’s Beall Center is Turning Social Media and AI on Themselves

May 06, 2026

Two illuminated display screens in a darkened gallery space, each showing a grainy, stippled humanoid figure against a dark background. The right screen features overlaid text that reads: "Wouldn't that require a radical shift from our current 'tool-centric' approach to AI development, one that prioritizes human flourishing over algorithmic efficiency?"

AI personalities discuss the meaning of their AI lives in Sara Rothberg’s Forever Meetings: Scrambled Zone at UC Irvine’s Beall Center for Art + Technology. Photo by Roger Bloom, Culture OC.

The current exhibit uses the latest technology as both the medium and the message

UCI’s Beall Center is Turning Social Media and AI on Themselves — Culture OC

UCI’s Beall Center is Turning Social Media and AI on Themselves

The current exhibit uses the latest technology as both the medium and the message

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