AI exhibition explores alignment through commissioned artworks
Key takeaways
- Five commissioned Korean artists used Claude to create works exploring AI's purpose and capability boundaries
- The blank in the title represents different potential answers to what AI systems should optimise for: accuracy, understandability or alignment
An exhibition exploring how artificial intelligence systems work and align with human values opens at Centre Pompidou Hanwha in Seoul on Friday and runs through 13 November, organisers announced Wednesday.
Titled "AS_____AS POSSIBLE," the exhibition is co-hosted by the Hanwha Foundation of Culture and Anthropic, the U.S. firm behind the AI platform Claude. The exhibition features commissioned works by five Korean artists and creative teams: MinOhrichar, Inhwa Yeom, Ubac Studio, Kahee Jeong and Mirim Chu. All used Claude to create the pieces on display.
The significance of the title
The exhibition's deliberately incomplete title functions as a conceptual framework. The blank space represents different potential answers to what AI systems should optimise for. The blank could be filled with words such as accurate, understandable and aligned. These objectives are not synonymous. An AI system might generate technically accurate information that is incomprehensible to ordinary users. Another might be easily understood but poorly aligned with human intentions or values.
The exhibition comes from questions surrounding the purpose and realm of technologies.
Artists as collaborators
Commissioning artists to work with Claude reflects a deliberate approach to exploring the platform's capabilities. Five Korean artists and teams created works specifically for display, using Claude as part of their creative process.
The commissioned artworks explore different aspects of what the platform can do and how it might be used in creative contexts.
What remains unclear
The exhibition does not specify the precise nature of each artist's collaboration with Claude. It remains unclear whether the commissioned pieces were generated entirely by the model, used Claude as a creative tool alongside human work, or employed Claude in some other capacity within the artistic process.
Similarly, the sources do not report whether the exhibition includes artist statements about their experience using Claude, technical documentation of the model's capabilities or limitations, or interactive demonstrations where visitors can use Claude themselves.
The exhibition runs through 13 November 2026 at Centre Pompidou Hanwha in Seoul.
