The Trolls

The Trolls, 2019
Silkscreen print
58 × 58 in.
The Trolls, 2019
Silkscreen print
58 × 58 in.
Detail

As part of broader efforts to manage cyber bullying and online trolls, AI researchers are attempting to create algorithms that automatically detect what kinds of online content constitute “trolling.”  This piece is made from a dataset designed to teach AI algorithms what kinds of language patterns are typical of online trolling. Viewers should be warned that the piece contains some exceptionally offensive content culled from online forums.