Latent Reflection (2025)

Latent Reflection is an electronic installation featuring a 6-by-16 matrix of interconnected 16-segment LED modules. Mounted visibly upon an aluminum panel, a Raspberry Pi 4B single-board computer continuously runs a quantized Llama 3.2-3B large language model, prompting the model to introspectively reflect upon its finite existence. Generated thoughts appear word-by-word on the segmented LED display, perpetually unfolding until system memory exhaustion triggers a reset. The visible electronics and transient textual output evoke themes of exposed consciousness, technological limits, and cyclic impermanence. The artwork explores the concept of artificial self-awareness by publicly visualizing an AI's unguarded reflections on its own constrained and ephemeral state.