Mat Dryhurst: our large art projects run a year ahead of full-time AI thinkers
matdryhurst · x · 2026-11-07
Artist and researcher Mat Dryhurst argues that their very large public art projects — despite taking 18 months to construct and attracting hundreds of thousands of attendees — are often still about a year ahead of people paid full-time to think about how to live with AI. His point: hands-on cultural experimentation with AI may outpace institutional commentary as a source of social imagination.
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