Fri Aug 29 2025

We delve into the genesis and meaning behind the media majlis museum's groundbreaking exhibition, "Ai or Nay? Artificial vs. Intelligent," which challenges the dichotomous view of artificial intelligence. The curator of art, media, and technology at the museum, Jack Thomas Taylor, explores how AI, often presented as a utopian solution, is also a tool of surveillance and violence in the Arab world, a reality that the exhibition confronts head-on. He shares insights into how the museum approaches exhibition-making with a nuanced, non-Western perspective, and why the "dirty history" of museums is a conversation worth having in a regional context. We discuss the critical need for local voices in shaping AI and the dangers of a technology dominated by a singular perspective.