What is Deep learning? : Glossary to better enjoy MACHINE LOVE #2
2025.4.1 [Tue]
This glossary introduces some technical terms that will enhance your experience of the MACHINE LOVE exhibition. Selected terms describe the technologies and ideas used or explored by the participating artists.
The glossary was created by the Mori Art Museum by editing short definitions generated by ChatGPT. It is meant to enrich the understanding of the exhibition, therefore, each description should not be considered universally applicable.
Machine learning / Deep learning
Technologies in which a machine analyzes a large amount of data to find relationships and patterns among them. While machine learning analyzes features of data according to human instructions, deep learning allows machines to automatically learn the unique features of the data itself. Deep learning can read and recognize features and patterns of a certain data set that humans cannot grasp.
Three Approaches to Synthetic Entities: Eris’ Apple
2025
Installation view: MACHINE LOVE: Video Game, AI and Contemporary Art, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2025
Photo: Takehisa Naoki
Worldbuilding
The act of creating the world in which a story or game takes place. By drawing maps, creating cities, villages, and ecosystems, and defining the customs, culture, and history of the people, one can create a world that does not exist in reality, but which is engaging and realistic. This gives depth and coherence to the work.
Delivery Dancer’s Sphere
2022
Installation view: MACHINE LOVE: Video Game, AI and Contemporary Art, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2025
Photo: Takehisa Naoki
The Ephemeral Lake
2024
Commission: Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Installation view: MACHINE LOVE: Video Game, AI and Contemporary Art, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2025
Photo: Takehisa Naoki
Courtesy: kurimanzutto
Installation view: MACHINE LOVE: Video Game, AI and Contemporary Art, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2025
Photo: Takehisa Naoki
Motion capture
A technology that records human and animal movements using sensors and reproduces them as digital data. For instance, a performer’s movement can be applied to characters in games or animations, making their actions more realistic.
Installation view: MACHINE LOVE: Video Game, AI and Contemporary Art, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2025
Photo: Takehisa Naoki
A Metta Prayer
2023
Courtesy: Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York
Installation view: MACHINE LOVE: Video Game, AI and Contemporary Art, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2025
Photo: Takehisa Naoki
At the MACHINE LOVE exhibition, there are QR codes displayed for glossaries of various other terms. Please use them to better enjoy the exhibition!
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