Jamillah Knowles
About the researcher
Jamillah Knowles is a writer and artist. After gaining a degree in artificial intelligence, she turned back to early roots in art and design, completing a master's degree of Distinction with Falmouth University. She has created and collected a selection of images, sculpture and multimedia to challenge the existing vernacular around AI.
Research interests
Jamillah Knowles has been studying AI and communication around these technologies for two decades. Along with an interest in the social, cultural and creative impact of AI, she is also interested in the ways it can be used to improve the way we live, work, learn and connect with one another.
Qualifications
- MA Illustration, Falmouth University | 2024
- BSc Computing and Psychology - AI, Open University | 2018
Areas of expertise
AI, AI ethics, illustration, text and visual communications.
Contributions
PhD abstract
Thesis title
From misrepresentation to meaningful visualisation: Reframing Artificial Intelligence (AI) stock imagery through practice-based research
Abstract
As AI appears in our lives in so many ways, how is it shown to us in stock images. These pictures populate marketing material, advertising, social media, news sites and more, so they have an impact on the public perception of these technologies.
Through qualitative and quantitative research, I hope to analyse the existing visual vernacular associated with artificial intelligence and though practice, offer alternative visual language that is more accurate and communicates more clearly what happens when we are using AI.