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Ask Dalí (Via Artificial Intelligence) — The Dalí (Salvador Dalí Museum)

Ask Dalí (Via Artificial Intelligence), a permanent installation letting visitors pick up a Lobster Phone-styled handset and ask questions of a recreated "Salvador Dalí," opened April 11, 2024 at the Salvador Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida, built by Goodby Silverstein & Partners.

VenueThe Dalí (Salvador Dalí Museum)
Project typeInstallation
StatusCompleted
Year completed2024
Technologiesgenerative voice AI

Credits

FirmRoleNote
goodby-silverstein-and-partners Media Design & Software AI / Machine Learning San Francisco advertising/creative agency; built the first edition of the installation. Underlying voice/language models from OpenAI (GPT-4) and ElevenLabs are technology providers, not credited as firms. .

Description

A generative voice AI trained on Dalí's writings and archival audio answers visitor questions live, rather than matching to pre-recorded clips.

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