Judgment in the age of abundance
AI can generate endlessly. What becomes scarce is not output, but the ability to see, choose, and decide what is worth keeping.
Why AIC Exists
A new creative language
Art has always evolved with new tools. AIC explores AI as a medium for images, stories, symbols, and self-expression.
A space for meaning
For many of us, work can become repetitive and detached from personal meaning. AIC creates a space to reflect, create, and ask what matters.
Who It's For
AIC is for curious people across technology, art, design, research, and everyday life who want to use AI as a creative medium: to make images, explore ideas, and think more deeply about identity, imagination, and what matters to them.
From the Founder
Founded in 2025 by Linli Wang, AIC grew from a personal search for meaning across engineering, art, work, and life.
Along the way, I realized that art wasn't simply about creating beautiful things. It changed the way I observe, question, and think. AIC is my way of creating that same experience for others.
Read Why I Started AICOur Home
Gallery House
Menlo Park, CA
Founded in 1958, Gallery House is one of the Bay Area's longest-running artist collectives. Since AIC's second gathering, it has become a home for conversations around AI, art, and human creativity.
We're especially grateful to Peter J. Koltai, Chair of Gallery House, artist, and Professor Emeritus at Stanford University, whose early belief in AIC and continued support have helped shape this community.
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The Circle in Progress
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Past
Gathering 04
AIC #4 — The Faceless Selfie
Experiment: identity, symbols, AI co-creation
A small-group workshop exploring self-portraiture beyond the face, using AI, writing, and conversation to translate memory, objects, and inner life into image.
Gathering 03
AIC #3 — Designing an Outfit with AI
Shift: hands-on, structured, judgment in practice
A hands-on experiment using fashion design to explore taste, decision-making, and AI as a thinking partner.
Gathering 02
Aesthetic Intelligence Circle #2 — The Art of Taste and Creation
Iteration: salon, dialogue, taste as intelligence
An intimate evening around taste, creativity, and computation, exploring how aesthetic intuition shapes art, AI, and design.
Gathering 01
Aesthetic Intelligence Circle
Origin: outdoors, reflective, conversation-led
A calm Sunday morning gathering exploring beauty, perception, and what it means to design beautifully in an age of AI.
Journal
Writing from AIC
Essays shaped by gatherings, by hosting, and by the questions that linger after people leave.
Why I Started AIC
AI can generate endlessly. It still cannot tell us what matters.
Essay 01
The Faceless Selfie
In a world of abundant images, meaning may become the scarcest creative resource.
Essay 02
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Early Collaborators
Help Shape AIC
We're inviting a small group of collaborators to help shape AIC through outreach, documentation, and events.
- Community outreach / Ambassador
- Photography / Documentation
- Event operations / On-site support
- Other ways to contribute
Why join
- Be part of the community early
- Meet thoughtful, like-minded people
- Bring your perspective to future gatherings
- Receive priority access to selected events
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