] His latest installation, which opened Thursday at the
] Exploratorium in San Francisco, doesn't involve
] transgenic pets or fluorescent mutants. Instead, he has
] translated Descartes' "cogito, ergo sum" into his own
] designer DNA sequence and inserted it in a tomato plant.
]
] The piece, called Move 36, is inspired by the 1997 chess
] game in which Garry Kasparov was defeated by Deep Blue,
] IBM's computer. Kac's installation is named for a
] surprising move in Game 2 of the match when Deep Blue,
] instead of making an expected move to position its queen
] for an attack, chose to exchange pawns. Kasparov
] reportedly was so unnerved by the tactic that it ruined
] his concentration for the rest of the match.
]
] "I was intrigued by what the match meant
] philosophically," Kac said. "It was the first time we've
] seen a computer exhibit behavior previously thought of as
] only in the realm of humans.
]
] "I was also interested in Kasparov's emotional response,"
] Kac added, "as a human being in the face of a novel
] event. What happens when we come into contact with
] something not living, but that nonetheless demonstrates
] behavior reminiscent of humans?"
]
] Move 36 comprises a large chessboard, a genetically
] modified plant and two grids of projected blocks of
] undulating colored patterns. The chessboard's dark
] squares are made of soil (representing life); the light
] squares

If you are in San Fran, go see this art. For one, the exploratorium is just a fun place to visit, and for two, I don't get to go, so you can rub it in forever:)

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