Five new designs advocating human control against artificial intelligence technologies
Designers are developing innovative projects to protect people against the negative impacts of artificial intelligence, such as surveillance and fraud.
With the increasing impact of artificial intelligence on daily life, innovative designs resisting mass video surveillance, data scraping, and deepfake fraud are emerging.
Digital Camouflage Shirt
The color-patterned shirt developed by Simon Weckert is designed to prevent AI video systems from recognizing a human. This digital camouflage ensures the wearer cannot be detected against AI surveillance tested at a station in Berlin.
Quartz Authentication Ring
Designed by Modem and Retinaa studios, Quartz is a concept to verify human identity against AI deepfake fraud. Two people tapping their rings together to establish an encrypted connection proves their real identity online or on the phone.
Decoy Font
Designed by Mixfont, Decoy Font allows AI chatbots and language models like ChatGPT to read only a single message. This font displays two overlapping messages in order to prevent people's data from being scraped and collected by AI.
Manifesto Collection Knitted Garments
The Manifesto Collection prepared by Cap_able consists of knitted garments with colorful patterns that trick facial recognition software in real-time. These garments ensure that the wearers cannot be detected or are identified as animals by artificial intelligence.
Incognito Face Mask
Designed by Ewa Nowak, Incognito aims to make the user's face unrecognisable by cameras and AI systems. This special mask serves both as an effective protection tool and an aesthetic facial jewelry.