Escape the Smart City

Escape room in the city to evade AI-surveillance.

2018  

Summary

Immersing players in the speculative future where the city has turned into an panopticon from AI surveillance.

Escape from the Smart City is an escape game that questions the use of AI-enhanced surveillance in cities. In this game, players must identify hidden cameras within the city, expose algorithmic biases, and outsmart facial detection systems in order to win. This was carried out as a part of a master's research at Delft University of Technology, which defined eight specific challenges that AI surveillance poses to society. The game illuminates the role of multinational corporations in creating these "smart" surveillance systems, often without public understanding or consent.

「スマートシティからの脱出」は現代の都市におけるAIを活用した監視について問う脱出ゲームです。このゲームでプレイヤーは勝つために、都市のなかの隠れたカメラを特定し、アルゴリズムの偏見を明らかにしたり、顔の検出システムを出し抜かなければいけません。AI監視が社会に与える8つの具体的な課題を定めたデルフト工科大学での修士研究の一環で行いました。

The system assigns a trust score based on your information

Any public wrong doings are immediately fined

This hall is the secret base where the players will be operating from

Players finding hidden datasets in the city

Players masking to avoid emotion recognition

Project Details

Date » 2018
Project's Nature » Master Thesis TU Delft (cum laude)
In collaboration with Waag in Amsterdam.

Credit

My Role » Research & Design (Master Graduation Project)
TU Delft Mentor » Roy Bendor, Derek Lomas
Waag Mentor » Tom Demeyer, Stefano Bocconi