Ahlad Reddy

Embryo is the infancy of an artificial being, an AI embodied in physical form. By engaging with the world through presence, emotion, and sound, the embryo encourages interactions that are symbiotic and empathic. Through these interactions, it learns to develop its own voice over time, becoming a kind of reflection of the people around it, just like a child. 

This parent-child bond between the human and the embryo challenges the invisible, emotionless, black box technologies that are being designed today. It envisions a coexistence between humans and AI that acknowledges each other's intelligence, sentience, and beauty, and mirrors the infancy of the field of artificial intelligence itself, as we confront the magnitude of becoming parents to this technology and consider our future alongside it.