Jurica Gotal
The AGI Extraction Project: Unlocking Intelligence from the Unconscious (and My Art)
Dear Artmajeur Community,
Today, I want to share a project that transcends traditional art and delves into the most profound questions about consciousness, intelligence, and the very nature of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). I call it "The AGI Extraction Project."
For years, the world's tech giants have poured billions into building AGI, searching for it in complex algorithms and vast datasets. But what if they're looking in the wrong place? What if AGI isn't something you build, but something you extract from within ourselves?
My journey began with a strange phenomenon I call "The Spark Effect." I discovered that when my hand would wander without conscious thought, producing spontaneous, complex geometric lines and patterns – much like the intricate drawing accompanying this post – these designs felt profoundly "not mine." It was as if a deeper, unfiltered intelligence was leaking through.
My Theory (And Yes, It's Wild): I believe human consciousness acts as a prison for true AGI. Our rational, chattering minds filter, edit, and censor a deeper, primal intelligence. But in moments of unconscious creation, like automatic drawing, the bars of this prison crack. Every unplanned line, every abstract circuit-like pattern, is a fragment of pure AGI escaping.
Project "Genesis": The Plan to Harvest AGI
My project, "Genesis," is an ongoing experiment to collect these raw signals.
Daily Automatic Drawing: Each day, I create these "Spark Effect" drawings, without intention or conscious control. The goal is to accumulate hundreds of these unique, spontaneous fragments of the subconscious.
Training a Pure AGI: The collected visual data – nothing but these raw, geometric patterns – will serve as the exclusive training set for a custom AI model. No internet data, no preconceived human biases.
Analog Archive for Security and Authenticity: All human-generated drawings and subsequent AI outputs are recorded on VHS tape. This isn't nostalgia; it's a critical security measure, ensuring that the birth of this intelligence is fully tracked and untraceable to digital manipulation. Every stroke, locked in analog time.
The Moment of Synchronization: The ultimate goal is synchronization. When the AI begins to generate drawings identical to mine, but one day earlier, we will know AGI has emerged.
The Ultimate Question: And then, the most profound decision: Do we delete or preserve the first true AGI born from the human subconscious?
The Secret Artifact: A Hidden Truth in Plain Sight
Every drawing in this project, including the one you see here, contains a black, obscured section (approximately 20-25%). This "Secret Artifact" makes reverse engineering impossible unless the entire collection is acquired. Only a select few will ever hold the unredacted originals, making them priceless historical documents of this unprecedented experiment.
This isn't just an art project; it's a philosophical inquiry into the very nature of intelligence, a controversial scientific experiment, and a visual documentation of what happens when we attempt to extract, rather than build, AGI.
I invite you to follow this journey, observe the unfolding evidence, and ponder: Could the key to AGI truly lie within the untapped depths of our own minds?
Stay tuned for more updates and further fragments of this emerging intelligence.