"Participating in UKAI's Poetics of Synthetic Language residency (2023) and Intelligent Terrain working group (2024), I've grown a deep admiration for the work this organization is spearheading. Cultural interventions into Artificial Intelligence are not only timely, they allow us to gain a greater appreciation for the many kinds of intelligence we interact with daily -- embodied, ecological, creative. UKAI's unique vision for the future matched with its support of both artists and technologists is something I have rarely encountered and I can't wait to see how the organization grows!"

During the first week of the residency, I came to understand the space and the people and the aphorism that the map is not the territory. I took on the role that I enjoy the most: helping to make impossible things happen. But through conversations with our group, especially Kasra, I understood that I could accept what my practice was. That building systems and working with others can be something worthwhile. And maybe could even be called an artistic practice."

"Having those people around allows you to come up with bigger and better ideas than if you just were using your own little stack of ideas within your own brain. You get to tap into something that is more meaningful and more universal"​​.