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The inner workings of many AIs are mysterious, but with increasing use of such technologies in high stakes scenarios, how should their inscrutable nature be dealt with?
Engineer-turned-artist Diana Scarborough and inorganic chemist Anna Melekhova describe how their art–science collaboration gave voice and form to a new material.
A misleading image in a medical textbook could have life and death implications, but some disciplines can deploy myth and metaphor to convey their science through art.