The year is 1924. You’ve been told some of the amazing technological advances that will happen by the year 2024 and your assignment is to illustrate the cover of a science fiction magazine. What would you draw?

The Now Future is a series of AI generated images which tackle this assignment. The series visualizes our present day technology through the lens of the pre-computer, mechanical age, past. In the images, robots are employed to manifest the presence of AI in our lives. By representing AI as a real object, The Now Future challenges our perception of AI. Is AI a benign robotic presence, or is it an invasive threat to our privacy and well-being? Is AI a source of knowledge and comfort, or is it a weapon of manipulation?

The Now Future is presented as a series of acrylic block prints.