Faculty of Art

Drawing and Painting

Fiona Enright

The Master Algorithm

Drawing
2021
Ink and graphite on paper
30 cm x 11.5 cm, 30 cm x 7.5 cm
"The premise of the algorithm is this: “all knowledge – past, present, and future – can be derived from a single, universal learning algorithm” (Domingos, Pedro. The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World. Basic Books, Hachette Book Group. 2015, 2018. Print. 25). In theory, this algorithm would render all currently existent algorithms obsolete. It,...is the last thing we’ll ever have to invent because once we let it loose, it will go on to invent everything else that can be invented. All we need to do is provide it with the right kind of data, and it will discover the corresponding knowledge (Domingos 25)."Fiona Enright. 'Section IV, Part d' The Human Element: Information, Knowledge and Art in the Digital Episteme. 2021.

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The Master Algorithm
The Master Algorithm

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Fiona Enright

Drawing, collage, sculpture

“Virtually every facet of academic, professional, and personal life in modern times is affected by or contained within algorithms. Algorithms, a set of rules that dictate the form and function of...” [More]