𐠀𐠰𐠦𐠡𐠩 (anthropos)

Anthropos comes from two root words in the ancient greek:  ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”) and ὤψ (ṓps, “face, appearance, look”). Literally translated, it means something like “One who looks like a human”. 𐠀𐠰𐠦𐠡𐠩 is how the word was written before the greek alphabet and paper were introduced using the Cypriot syllabary, where the letters would typically be etched into marble or clay. This piece is a reflection on what 𐠀𐠰𐠦𐠡𐠩 means today in the burgeoning era of AI. We’re creating a bifurcation between our digital and physical representations of self – presenting ourselves one way on the internet while living completely different lives in reality. All the while, we are creating algorithms to teach computers and AI who we are – but is what the computer sees truly 𐠀𐠰𐠦𐠡𐠩? The style of the image is an homage to the progression in forms of writing, representing simultaneously how far we have come and how far we have yet to go towards creating our AI descendants.