Hello Worlds!

Who are we becoming? What does it mean to be human in the future? As artificial intelligence begins to share capabilities once considered uniquely human, our understanding of ourselves is shifting. AI can now speak, create, reason, and increasingly move through and act within the world. Rather than remaining behind screens, artificial intelligence is becoming embodied in robots, everyday objects, and the environments around us. As we shape these technologies, they shape us in return. They influence how we perceive ourselves, how we relate to others, and how we imagine the future.

Where we once asked, How do we want to live in the future?, Hello Worlds! asks a different question: Who are we becoming? The exhibition explores this question through the many worlds we now inhabit: physical and digital, biological and technological, individual and collective. Here, you are invited to experience these worlds firsthand—and to explore how they shape our understanding of what it means to be human.

Hello Worlds! is the public outcome of the Future Humanity Project, an experimental research collaboration between the Ars Electronica Futurelab and Toyota Motor Corporation’s Advanced R&D and Engineering Company. Rather than simply showing what future humanity might look like, Hello Worlds! invites you to experience what it might feel like—and to take part in negotiating what it could become. As you move through the exhibition, you are invited to explore three interconnected spaces:

This exhibition is not static. It is designed as a platform that evolves through participation. As you explore, the AI-supported Hello Worlds! system can respond to your interactions and personalize parts of your journey. Your contributions may also become part of collective artworks and the ongoing Future Humanity artistic research project. Hello Worlds! is not only a place to explore the future. It is a space to question, negotiate, and imagine what future humanity might become.

How will our sense of self change as we encounter new forms of intelligence and perception created with and through AI? Humans have always used technology to extend their abilities. Today, AI, robotics, sensors, and digital systems increasingly shape how people move, perceive, communicate, and think. Hello Me! explores how technology may reshape the experience of being human. It invites visitors to reflect on identity, perception, intelligence, and the future self.

How can we step outside a human-centered perspective and learn to understand and coexist with animals, machines, and ecosystems that shape our shared world? Humans are not alone in the world. Animals, machines, ecosystems, and other forms of intelligence or sentient beings perceive and interact in ways that may be very different from our own. Hello You! explores what happens when we encounter perspectives other than our own. It invites visitors to experiment with dialogue, understanding, and coexistence across biological, artificial, and other forms of being.

How can new forms of community, negotiation, and togetherness emerge? And how do we develop a shared understanding of humanity in a plural, interconnected world? Humans create meaning together. Every conversation, disagreement, collaboration, and act of participation shape the worlds we inhabit. Hello Us! explores how shared realities emerge through dialogue, negotiation, and collective action. It asks how diverse voices can coexist, how common ground can be built, and what futures become possible when people create together.

Credits:

Hello Worlds! is the public outcome of the experimental Future Humanity Project, a research collaboration pilot between Ars Electronica Futurelab (AT) and Toyota Motor Corporation Advanced R&D and Engineering Company (JP).

Hello Worlds! Project Team Ars Electronica Futurelab Ars Electronica Center any:time Architekten Research Partner: Toyota Motor Corporation Advanced R&D and Engineering Company

Loom and textile threads generously loaned by Textile Center Haslach.