Meet the community: Computational Mama
To share a variety of voices and perspectives in our growing community, we’ve decided to cast a monthly spotlight on one of our members in the form of mini-interviews 🎉 This month, we are excited to introduce you to Ambika Joshi, also known as Computational Mama: a creative technologist and one of our project leads.
AIxD: Hi Computational Mama! So amazing to have the time to sit down and chat with you! I’ve known you from our AI Playground project but I am wondering if you could tell us a bit about yourself? Very curious about your background.
A: I’m co-founder of Ajaibghar and we build products and experiences for the arts and culture sector. I also teach and explore creative coding and the idea of coding as a form of care.
AIxD: That sounds amazing. 👏 The mission of Ajaibghar (“Builds product and strategic solutions in Arts & Culture, driven by creative technology and new media”) is particularly interesting. Could you shed some light on the projects that you have been working on?
A: At Ajaibghar we are building a mobile-friendly web app for museums and brand experiences called MuseSkôp. It uses image recognition AI on products, artworks, and spaces and adds an augmented layer of digital content in the physical world!
AIxD: That is super fascinating! As a project lead at AIxDesign, what do you find interesting to look into at the AIxDesign crossover?
A: As creators, we all have one eye and one step in the future. It’s only natural for the design community to embrace and mold the future of AI. Design brings nuance to AI through experience, empathy, and care.
AIxD: Well said! When working with design and AI, there are many tools we could utilize to collaborate together. Is there any tool or methods you have recently worked with that you are particularly excited about? 🖌
A: I’m so excited about Gather Town. It’s a very nice platform for events and community meet-ups and we have been exploring it for our exhibitions and museum projects too! We also held the first AIxDesign AI playground meet-up on it.
AIxD: It is such a cute platform to gather online! 😍 To close our conversation, is there any book or podcast you would like to recommend to our readers?
A: In line with the responses and thoughts around care I’d recommend this very old podcast episode from Design Matters with Debbie Millman interviewing the artist Amy Sherald.
AIxD: Thank you for everything you have shared with us today! Looking forward to future AI Playground events and exciting things you have planned for us! 🔥
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