Valdemar Danry
| Valdemar Danry | |
|---|---|
| Born | Denmark |
| 💼 Occupation | Computational scientist and artist |
| 👔 Employer | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Known for | AI-enhanced cognition, interactive installations, wearable technology |
| 🌐 Website | valdemardanry |
Valdemar Danry is a Danish computational scientist and artist whose practice spans the intersection of artificial intelligence, human cognition, and computation.[1] His work includes AI-based systems, interactive installations, brain–computer interfaces, and a range of publications in domains such as cognitive science, human augmentation, and social computing.[2] He is currently a PhD researcher at the MIT Media Lab’s Fluid Interfaces Group and has previously worked at Meta Reality Labs and media art companies Makropol and Kaspar AI.[3]
Education
Danry graduated from the University of Copenhagen with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, focusing on phenomenology, machine learning and cognitive science.[4] He later received a Master of Media Arts and Sciences from the MIT Media Lab, exploring AI-enhanced reasoning and interactive systems aimed at human–computer integration.[5]
Work
Danry’s installations and research projects probe the ways AI technologies transform human perception, decision-making, and identity. His work in wearable computing often focuses on the body as a site for augmentation of cognitive skills, including prototypes that electrically stimulate visual or cognitive faculties in real time.[6][7] Central to his practice is a concern for how humans experience computation, whether by analyzing how individuals rationalize information in high-stakes scenarios or by designing experimental devices that reframe emotional and sensory engagement.[8][9]
Examples of his projects include:
- Wearable Reasoner, a prototype that evaluates the justifications behind spoken claims to encourage users’ self-reflection on argumentation.[7]
- Synthetic Visual Sensations, a device using neural stimulation to create supplementary visual feedback and expand spatial awareness.[6]
- Organs without Bodies, an installation of "organ"-esque everyday objects produced from a custom built model that can produce physical artifacts from text, challenging the traditional roles of human creativity and labor in object creation.[10]
- Be My Guest!, an immersive dinner performance where AI-generated tableware, food concepts, and narratives explore the cultural impact of generative AI.[11]
In parallel with these creative explorations, Danry’s academic work addresses the ethics, phenomenology, and design of next-generation computing systems, often blending insights from philosophy with large-scale user studies to examine how generative AI influence human belief and critical thinking.[2]
Awards and exhibits
Danry’s installations and performances have been shown at venues such as The Centre for Fine Arts Brussels [12], Ars Electronica [13], CVPR [14], the Vantaa Art Museum Helsinki, Electrical Artifacts [15], and the MIT Museum[16]. His work has received awards and grants including the Best Immersive Story [17] at the Venice Biennale, Director’s Grant The MIT Council for the Arts, and Project the Future First Prize Award from Samsung.[16]
References
- ↑ "Valdemar Danry — MIT Media Lab". media.mit.edu. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Valdemar Danry's Google Scholar Profile". Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ↑ "Valdemar Danry – Experience and Education". LinkedIn (in Danish). Retrieved 1 October 2023.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ "University of Copenhagen — Center for Subjectivity Research". Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ↑ Danry, V. (2023). "AI Enhanced Reasoning: Augmenting Human Critical Thinking with AI Systems". M.Sc. Thesis, MIT Media Arts and Sciences.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Danry, Valdemar Munch; Chicos, Laura; Fonseca, Matheus; Kazi, Ishraki; Maes, Pattie (2024-05-01). "Synthetic Visual Sensations: Augmenting Human Spatial Awareness with a Wearable Retinal Electric Stimulation Device". Proceedings of the Augmented Humans International Conference 2024. AHs '24. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery. pp. 15–27. doi:10.1145/3652920.3652932. hdl:1721.1/155201. ISBN 979-8-4007-0980-7. Search this book on
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Danry, Valdemar; Pataranutaporn, Pat; Mao, Yaoli; Maes, Pattie (2020-06-06). "Wearable Reasoner: Towards Enhanced Human Rationality Through a Wearable Device with an Explainable AI Assistant". Proceedings of the Augmented Humans International Conference. AHs '20. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery. pp. 1–12. doi:10.1145/3384657.3384799. ISBN 978-1-4503-7603-7. Search this book on
- ↑ Danry, Valdemar; Pataranutaporn, Pat; Mueller, Florian; Maes, Pattie; Leigh, Sang-won (2022-04-18). "On Eliciting a Sense of Self when Integrating with Computers". Augmented Humans 2022. AHs '22. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery. pp. 68–81. doi:10.1145/3519391.3519414. ISBN 978-1-4503-9632-5. Search this book on
- ↑ Morris, Caitlin; Danry, Valdemar; Maes, Pattie (2023-12-21). "Wearable systems without experiential disruptions: exploring the impact of device feedback changes on explicit awareness, physiological synchrony, sense of agency, and device-body ownership". Frontiers in Computer Science. 5. doi:10.3389/fcomp.2023.1289869. ISSN 2624-9898.
- ↑ "Project Overview ‹ Organs without Bodies. Generating physical objects with AI". MIT Media Lab. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
- ↑ "Project Overview ‹ Be My Guest! A Dinner Event Hosted by Artificial Intelligence". MIT Media Lab. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
- ↑ "Be my Guest @ The Future of Living Conference | EMAP — European Media Art Platform". emare.eu. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
- ↑ "Presence of Absence: Garden". In Kepler's Gardens. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
- ↑ "Valdemar Danry & Cenk Güzelis | CVPR 2024 AI Art". Retrieved 2025-01-26.
- ↑ "Pat Pataranutaporn "Machinoia : Machine of Multiple Me" - Electric Artefacts". www.electricartefacts.art. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Awards — Valdemar Danry". valdemardanry.com. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
- ↑ "MAKROPOL". makropol.dk. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
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