Image 72 from the Okra Continuum NFT series by Stephanie Dinkins, 2023. Created in collaboration with a generative text-to-image AI model then embellished by the artist.
A black woman surrounded by okra spaceships in a sea of love, TOK, img, 2024.
  • Project Details

If We Don’t, Who Will? will be installed on the plaza at 300 Ashland Place in Downtown Brooklyn’s BAM Cultural District from June 26-September 28, 2025. Designed in collaboration with renowned architects LOT-EK, the laboratory is housed in an upcycled shipping container, transforming the space into an interactive site for storytelling and exploration. Neighbors, community members, and passersby will be invited to contribute to a growing dataset of stories that reflect the vast diversity of human experience. The Stories We Tell Our Machines will evolve over the coming year across a variety of venues and taking a multitude of forms including DNA printing, community events, and an interactive app. 

The project fosters cultural exchange between AI lab technicians, the public, and bespoke AI algorithms, which work together to generate visual responses to contributed stories. In doing so, it maps out new possibilities for co-creation and care between humans and machines.

Named one of the 100 Most Influential People in AI 2023 by Time Magazine, Dinkins’ work continues to advocate and push for a future where people from all walks of life can actively shape AI systems that are trustworthy, collaborative, and truly representative of our shared humanity.  

Public events are planned with partners in the newly opened L10 Arts and Cultural Center to take place over the summer and into the fall. Visit moreart.org and follow us @moreartnyc on Instagram for details.

  • Supporters

If We Don’t, Who Will? is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the Lambent Foundation, The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation, Schmidt Sciences, LLC, and and Future Histories Studio at Stony Brook University.

 

Site partners include the L10 Arts and Cultural Center, Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, Two Trees, Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA), Brooklyn Public Library (BPL Presents), 651Arts, and Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM).

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