For years now mankind has been trying to replicate intelligence. Great progress has been made, with the advent of systems capable of mimicking some of the logical paths concealed into our brains. And yet, some argue that the largest impact an AI algorithm has had in the last decade comes not from the algorithm itself, but rather from its packaging - a chat giving the impression of conversation, taking us back to the concept of the mechanical turk, and the part played by illusion in the perception of intelligence, here represented as a Penrose triangle. A question arises. Does illusion benefit the race towards the replication of intelligence ? Does its completion lie in one’s ability to fool his peers ?

Others argue that these algorithms are a type of intelligence we are not yet familiar with. This is a type of intelligence we cannot fathom, for it is not the same as ours. An observation of this elusive mind would look like a network of neurons represented by rooms in a mansion, interconnected by synapses represented by stairs. Nevertheless, the representation of the rooms and the stairs seem to come from a higher dimension, and we cannot gain any understanding of a clear path from a room towards another. The logic is beyond our reach.

This series has been created using Illusion Diffusion/ControlNet algorithms on impossible forms, combining the most advanced mathematical techniques and principles in an effort to fool the human eye.