The languages, concepts, and metaphors we adopt to refer to artificial intelligence shape what we are able to imagine in an increasingly mediated world by large language models — and also shape the futures we will be able to envision. What emerges now from narratives about the use and development of AI influences the imagination of what we are capable of being, creating, and contesting futures. And what circulates today has narrowed down to two scenarios: AI as an existential threat or as a solution to everything. Between fear and promise, there is little space left to imagine. Toriba insists on the human repertoire as a starting point: words and stories, the people behind the code, the community, and the politics that support its development. With a qualitative research of discourses and imaginaries, conducted in partnership with Ipsos, we listened to leaders and experts from multiple sectors to establish the basis on which we will reimagine, and then tell, stories of futures that are yet to circulate.

Get to know the works

Inhibition, Multimedia History

An Argentine national team goalkeeper discovers that he is pregnant amid a political crisis and setbacks in abortion legislation.

Tomorrow's Glory, Podcast

In the year 2250, a griot guides young people through a Museum of the Past, revealing the violence of patriarchy and environmental crimes.

The Garden, Children's Podcast

Elements of nature narrate the arrival of a family in an abandoned house.

Back Home, Short film

A Black woman cook and her dog confront dynamics of oppression in the aftermath of a climate catastrophe.

Banned Seeds, Short film

In a dystopian Brazil in 2050, a young woman defies an authoritarian regime by growing forbidden food.

Playlist with trailers of the works created in the project