Visual Arts + Tech
Stevens Institute of Technology

Decoy
Patrick Scroble
With the increasing use of Artificial Intelligence in everyday life, sometimes what appears to be real is actually not. Imagine an alien world trying to learn about humanity by studying our pictures and having to decipher actual photos from AI photos. Decoy is an interactive game in which extraterrestrial beings try to learn about humans by determining if photographs retrieved from the earth-based web are real or fake. On each screen, the player, in the role of the alien scientist, must select which picture they think is real. By the end of the game, players will find out how well they can identify real photos or if they are in fact fooled by decoys.


Fabrics are sewn together to represent the essence of specific memories, some as simple as roasting marshmallows during camping trips to the many hopscotches created with her grandfather to the homes she grew up in.












Certain patterns also represent members of her family, including those that are gone but never forgotten.