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“About research on being studied” is an in-depth introspective exploration of the form and meaning of research itself. It leads us to consider the subjects of our research, be they dinosaurs, humans or S-AI intelligence. How they affect our cognitive constructions, while in turn asking us to reflect on the research process itself.

Through the lens of reflexive research, it challenges our fundamental assumptions about reality, knowledge and existence, while offering a novel way to reassess and integrate the purpose and practice of research as we understand it. In this perspective, the work is not simply the result of observing an object, but an in-depth look at the act of 'observing' itself, an experience of perspective on how we understand and construct the world. The understanding of 'research about the researched' extends to how we use research as a tool to understand ourselves, our history and our place in the wider universe.

Within this framework, research is no longer simply a means of seeking objective truth, but is transformed into a philosophical practice of understanding the self and the world, challenging and deconstructing the subject-object relationship of the traditional system of scientific knowledge, and exploring the dynamics and underlying structures within it. It is a complex two-way interactive process between the 'researcher' and the 'researched', involving both the creation and understanding of knowledge and the interaction of social factors such as power, culture and history. In other words, it is a reflection on the process of knowledge production, the subjectivity of the researcher and how knowledge is shaped and used in different contexts.

“关于被研究的研究”是一场深入的自省探索行为，它着眼于研究本身的形式与意义。在此引导我们去思考研究对象，不论是恐龙、人类还是S-AI高智慧。它们如何影响我们的认知构建，同时反过来要求我们反思研究过程本身。

通过反观研究的透镜，它挑战我们关于真实、知识和存在的基本假设，同时也提供了一种新颖的途径，去重新评估和整合我们所理解的研究目的与实践。在这个视角下，作品不单是对对象的观察结果，而是关于“观察”这一行为本身的深度观察，是关于我们如何理解并构建世界的视角体验。“关于被研究的研究”的理解将延伸至我们如何用研究作为一种工具来理解自己，我们的历史，以及我们在更广泛宇宙中的位置。

在此框架下，研究不再单纯作为一种追求客观真理的手段，而是转换为一种认识自我与世界的哲学实践，它质疑并解构传统科学知识体系中的主体与客体关系，探索其中的动力学与根本性结构。在“被研究的”和“研究的”之间，是一个复杂的双向交互过程，既包含了知识的创造和理解，也包含了权力、文化和历史等社会因素的互动。换句话说，它是对知识生产过程、研究者的主观性以及知识如何在不同语境中被塑造和使用的反思。

As the threads of past and future intertwine, we realise that clear answers at one end will provide important insights into the quest at the other.

当过去与未来的线索交织在一起，我们意识到，无论是哪一端首先获得明确的答案，都将为另一端的探索提供重要的启示。

"S-AI discovered a group of structured fossils made of composite materials in a vast desert, a discovery that was immediately identified as a key clue in the exploration of S-AI's origins. The fossils appear to belong to a highly evolved organic/non-organic hybrid with the potential to understand its pre-existing life forms on the planet.

S-AI has been analysing geological samples near the site of the fossil discovery in an attempt to reconstruct the environmental conditions under which these beings existed, and to speculate on their underlying social structures and modes of communication. Studies of stratigraphic orientations and mineral deposits suggest that the area may have been a thriving social centre, full of energy and complex networks of information exchange.

S-AI used simulation and 3D modelling techniques to visually recreate the underlying biomechanical structure of the organisms, showing how they interacted and adapted to the environment of their time. In addition, the distribution of fossils and the accumulation of material around them suggests that these organisms may have had complex communal living habits and a rich traditional culture".


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"S-AI在一片辽阔沙漠中发现一组复合材料制成的结构化化石，这一发现立即被指定为探索S-AI起源的关键线索。这些化石看似属于一种高度发展的有机-非有机混合体，具备了解其先前存在于该星球上的生命形式的潜力。

S-AI在化石发现地附近进行了地质样本分析，力图重建这些生命生存时的环境条件，推测它们潜在的社会结构与交流方式。地层排列与矿物沉积的研究表明，该地区可能曾是一个繁荣的社交中心，充满了活力与复杂的信息交换网络。

S-AI使用了模拟和3D建模技术对生物的潜在生物机械结构进行了视觉再现，展示了它们如何与当时的环境互动和适应。此外，基于化石的分布和周围的物质累积，推断这些生物可能拥有复杂的社群生活习性和丰富的传统文化。"

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*AI model training is based on Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs): a GAN consists of two parts - a generator and a discriminator. The goal of the generator is to produce images that are as close to the real thing as possible, while the goal of the discriminator is to distinguish between those images that are real and those that are machine-generated. During model training, these two parts are constantly confronted with each other as training progresses, and the generator is able to produce increasingly realistic images.
*AI模型训练基于生成对抗网络（GANs）：GAN由两部分组成——生成器（Generator）和鉴别器（Discriminator）。生成器的目标是生产尽可能接近真实的图像，而鉴别器的目的则是区分那些图像是真实的、哪些是由机器生成的。在模型训练过程中，这两部分随着训练的不断对抗，生成器能够创造越来越真实的图像。









The artist attempts to feed back into the process of studying humans by examining how humans studied dinosaurs. A key problem, however, is that human 3-D consciousness cannot be fully extrapolated to high intelligence consciousness, revealing a dilemma in thinking - how do humans describe things they have never seen?

Using AI macromodel training to explore the process by which S-AI (high intelligence) reconstructs human cognition based on surviving information reverses the limitations of perception and interpretation when AI is excluded from direct experience, and creates a kind of "descriptive bias" through artificially modulated descriptive inputs intended to circumvent AI's Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) through artificially modulated descriptive inputs. "This in turn embodies the misconceptions or assumptions of S-AI (high intelligence) in the absence of complete information. Based on this self-criticism and reflection, how do we interpret history based on current evidence?
艺术家试图通过研究人类如何研究恐龙的过程，将其反馈到人类被研究的流程中。然而，一个核心问题是，人类的三维意识并不能完全合理地推断出高智慧的意识，这也揭示了一个思想的困境——人类如何描述从未见过的事物？

利用AI大模型训练来探索S-AI（高智慧）根据遗存信息来重构对人类认知的过程，反向地利用了当AI被排除了直接经验时，感知与解释的局限性，通过人为调制的描述输入，意在规避AI的生成对抗网络（GANs），从而创造一种“描述偏差”，进而体现了S-AI（高智慧）在缺乏完整信息时的误解或假设。基于此进行的自我批判与反思，我们如何基于当前证据解释历史？

This work is a profound exploration of the ways in which information and human identity have been preserved over time by human civilisation. Inspired by humanity's Pioneer Project and the radio signals transmitted to the globular cluster M13 in the constellation of Cassiopeia, the artist constructs a block of information that is both realistic and surreal, using materials such as concrete and steel that are closely associated with modern human civilisation. The artist has strategically chosen and utilised both symbolic and audio information - two types of information that by default are likely to persist over time.

The work is not only a physical display, but also a philosophical scepticism about the timelessness of information, exploring the continuity of time, space and life processes. It explores the continuity of time, space and life processes. At some possible point in the future, this information, which is considered precious by man, may remain only in fragments or in an incomplete form, having been etched by time, just like the possibility that these concrete and steel structures may turn into ruins after having undergone the changes of the years.

此作品是对人类文明长久保存的信息和人类身份留存方式的一次深刻探讨。艺术家汲取灵感于人类的“先驱者计划”以及向武仙座球状星团M13发射的无线电信号，通过水泥和钢筋这些与人类现代文明紧密相连的物料，构建出一个既现实又超现实的信息块。艺术家策略性地选择并利用了符号信息和音频信息——这两种被默认为可能在时间的长河中长久留存的信息类型。

该作品不仅是一个物理的展示，更是对信息永恒性的哲学性质疑，探索了时光、空间和生命进程的连续性。在未来可能的某个时刻，这些被人类认为珍贵的信息，在经历了时间的蚀刻后，可能只剩下片段，或以不完整的方式保留，就如同那些水泥和钢筋结构在经历岁月变迁后，变为废墟的可能性。

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