In communist Poland, the radio provided hope to Agnieszka Pilat's family. Pilat is a Polish-born artist whose work focuses on the intersection of technology and art. She is known for a distinctive series of technology portraits that portray robots and machines in humanized ways. She taught Basia, a Boston Dynamics robot dog, to paint, demonstrating collaborative creative abilities between humans and machines. Pilat views robots as the modern upper echelons and describes herself as a propaganda artist who works for the machine. She serves as a guest artist at Agility Robotics and SpaceX and aims to change minds about the future of technology.
In communist Poland, the radio gave Agnieszka Pilat's family hope. Now, as an artist and techno-optimist, she hopes her portraits of robots and machines will change minds about the future of tech. About Agnieszka Pilat Agnieszka Pilat is a Polish-born artist whose work focuses on the intersection of technology and art. She is known for her unique series of technology portraits. She taught Basia, her Boston Dynamics robot dog, to paint.
Since she sees robots as the modern upper echelons, she describes herself saying, "I am a propaganda artist and I work for the machine." She is a guest artist at Agility Robotics and SpaceX. This segment of the TED Radio Hour was produced by Katie Monteleone and edited by Sanaz Meshkinpour. You can follow us on Facebook @TEDRadioHourand email us at TEDRadioHour@npr.org.
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