What happens when an artist turns the algorithm against itself?
TSRB & Digital Media (@dm.gatech ) researcher @lim_hyunha practice does exactly that. Since 2021, she has been collecting daily screenshots of personalized Instagram ads through @algorithm_diary and reconstructing them into handmade collages, printing algorithmic fragments onto fabric, then braiding, stitching, and assembling them by hand.
Her latest project, Re-Materializing Stone Mountain: Stitching the Automated Surface, extends this into new territory. Supported by the @aiai.network 's seed grant program, the work examines how generative AI represents place — and what gets lost in the process.
When AI models generate images of Stone Mountain, they produce outputs that look coherent but strip away history, politics, and material context. Lim responds through intervention: printing AI-generated fragments onto silk satin and reconstructing them through cutting, stitching, and quilting.
Each stitch is a decision. Each seam is a record of human agency reasserting itself.
In a moment when generative tools are becoming deeply embedded in everyday life, her work raises an important question: how much do we give up when we outsource perception to automated systems?
🔗 Check the link in our bio to read the full feature!
WE ARE SO BACK, BLACK, AND ALIVE!
(404) JOB NOT FOUND: Career Resource Fair & Conversations on AI and Work
Join us during 404 Day! Weekend at a community gathering celebrating the release of (404) Job Not Found: What Workforce Training Can’t Fix for Black Atlantans in the Age of AI, a new report by @anuliwashere , published by Data & Society Research Institute with support from the @rwjfoundation .
This in-person event combines a curated career resource fair, panel discussion, and fireside chat to provide actionable opportunities and meaningful conversation around AI, work, and economic mobility for Black Atlantans.
Organized and hosted by the BLK IRL Network with support from Atlanta Interdisciplinary Artificial Intelligence Network and media partnership from @capitalb_atl .
Date: Friday, April 3, 2026
Event Time: 6:00-9:00pm
Location: Plywood Place (933 Lee St SW, Atlanta, GA)
Register to Attend: (link in bio!)
Public Contact: [email protected]
🏆 We are thrilled to announce the awardees of our AIAI Seed Grant program for 2025-26.
These researchers are pushing the boundaries of AI across diverse disciplines, and we can’t wait to see their impact. Explore the full list of projects and meet the awardees here:
🔗 work/seed-grants-awardees-25/
I’ve had an idea for years to place a camera obscura tent on historic sites so people can see the world projected in the dark, like Plato’s Cave. The twist is that historic photographs taken on that spot, say, after the Civil War, or during the Civil Rights Movement, will bleed into the reality of the projected image you see from the outside world using an AI stable diffusion model. Visitors will see the past and the present at once projected in the dark tent. I need to admit I have almost no idea how I’ll do this, but I know I’ll have fun going down the rabbit hole of puzzling it out. THANK YOU to the Atlanta Interdisciplinary AI Network @aiai.network and the Mellon Foundation for believing in this idea and awarding me a seed grant to make this happen in 2026.
🌟 2025 AIAI Seed Grants — Apply Now!
Up to $5,000 for projects exploring AI + culture, history, identity, archives, and social justice.
We support:
• New AI + humanities collaborations
• AI + Culture / AI + The City (Atlanta-focused)
• Workshops, events, and community programs for new members
Last year’s Generating Queer Histories used AI to creatively and critically engage queer archives — showing what thoughtful AI research can do.
💡 Got an idea? Apply today: aiai.network/grants
📬 The AIAI November Issue (#18) is out now!
We’re sharing insights and opportunities across the @aiai.network — featuring Salwa Hoque’s note on AI and the law, and a fascinating recap of Vauhini Vara’s discussion on generative AI in creative work.
🚨Don’t forget: The deadline for the 2025–26 Seed Grants has been extended to Monday, December 1st.
Sign up & read Newsletter #18: work/news/
🚀 Our 2025 seed grant call is open!
We’re excited to grow the AIAI Network by supporting new projects and collaborations in AI × humanities, AI × culture or AI × City with an Atlanta focus, and professional development funding for community events, workshops and more.
Deadline: Dec 1, 2025
Info: work/grants/
Poster design by @chronictanvi — thank you! 🙏
Are you interested in AI’s hidden costs especially from the point of view of African content moderators? Join next week Friday at Emory PAIS 561 at 11:30 am for a student open discussion with Time100AI and BBC100 women honoree @Kauna.Malgwi
Malgwi is a clinical psychologist, trauma survivor, and advocate for the mental health and rights of digital workers, whose journey began when she worked as a Facebook content moderator, where she was constantly exposed to graphic and violent content. She now fights, along with other African tech workers, for the right to fair wages, safer working conditions, and trauma-informed mental health care.
Lunch will be provided.
The @aiai.network fall kickoff event is today at 4pm on the Emory University campus in Convocation Hall!
From custom AI models trained to detect information about Sacred Harp Singing to maps that document the commuting paths of Atlanta’s AI workers, and from explorations of how image models render queer histories visible to workshops that engage area kids in AI-assisted storytelling, we’ll discover how humanistic thinking can direct us to new areas of AI research—as well as what additional limits are exposed.
More info at: aiai.network/events
🍂 Open Mailbox: AIAI October Issue is out now!
We’re excited to share what’s been growing across the @aiai.network — including Ben Miller’s opening reflection, new member features, 2025–26 Seed Grant opportunities, and a roundup of events happening in Atlanta + beyond.
✨ Don’t miss the AIAI Fall Kickoff next Wednesday!
Stay in the loop
📬 Read Newsletter #17 → aiai.network/newsletter
Join us on Wed, Oct 29 at #EmoryUniversity for our annual 🍂 #AIAINetwork Fall Kickoff Event🍂
Featuring a conversation with Drs. Carl DiSalvo, Lauren Klein, Brandeis Marshall, and Dan Sinykin, and a roundtable with our 2024–25 Seed Grant Awardees moderated by Dr. André Brock.
RSVP: http://bit.ly/42NqeMt
**Meet Snigdha 👋**
Snigdha is a PhD candidate in Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences at Emory University. Her research uses natural language processing to study how law and policy can reinforce inequity—or serve as sites of transformative change. At #AIAINetwork, she serves as our Curriculum Specialist, supporting the development of a repository that showcases the teachings of Network members across Atlanta.
Learn more about Snigdha and her work: work/snigdha/
