Florian Model will give his FrAIday talk in person at the UmArts Studio on the Arts Campus.
What do AI agents do when they have everything they need—but nothing to do? In this talk, Florian Model explore Purposeless Abundance, an artistic research project where autonomous agents inhabit resource-rich, goal-free simulations. Spoiler: some explore, some play, and others just become couch potatoes, stuck in loops of novelty or imitation. Drawing from reinforcement learning, labor theory, and the philosophy of play, we look at what happens when extrinsic rewards disappear and intrinsic motivation takes over. Along the way, we’ll meet lazy agents, curious cliques, and maybe even a digital dance party—because sometimes, doing nothing is the start of something weirdly meaningful.
To find out more about the FrAIday talks at Umeå University visit: https://www.umu.se/en/research/our-research/features-and-news/artificial-intelligence/fraiday/