Reflections from The Three Bells: S5#11
Title
AI is WEIRD, but artists challenge the algorithm…
Contributor
Hilary Knight
In this episode of Reflections from The Three Bells, Hilary Knight explores how WEIRD bias shapes AI – and how artists are challenging algorithmic monoculture with radical acts of cultural imagination.
Date of Recording
14 July 2025
Date of Publication
6 November 2025
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THEME MUSIC
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Hilary Knight: Hello, and welcome to The Three Bells. This podcast is part of the fifth season produced by AEA for the Global Cultural Districts Network. The focus is, as always, the relationship between cultural and urban life, and the ways in which cultural life contributes to urban vitality and vice versa. The series and supporting materials can be found at www.thethreebells.net. And if you like our content, please subscribe and give us a positive review wherever you get your podcasts.
I'm Hilary Knight, a Senior Associate with AEA Consulting, and this is reflections from The Three Bells.
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External Links
“The Weirdest People in the World?” – Henrich, Heine, and Norenzayan (2010)
Minne Atairu – Artist using AI to speculate on looted Benin Bronzes and postcolonial memory.
“Reimagining Looted Artworks Using AI” – Art in America
Article profiling Minne Atairu’s work with AI and the politics of restitution.Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias – The Costs of Connection
A foundational text on data colonialism and digital power structures.Google AI Glossary for African Languages: Google’s initiative to improve AI access and inclusion across African languages.
About our Contributor
Hilary Knight is a creative leader with over 20 years of experience driving strategy, innovation, and digital transformation for cultural organisations worldwide. Currently a Senior Associate with AEA Consulting, she has held senior roles at the BBC, Channel 4, Film4, and Tate, where she led pioneering initiatives that embedded digital thinking and expanded audiences. +
