Student Position: Research Assistant 4

The Pope did not wear Balenciaga. Filmmakers did not fake the moon landing. Elon Musk did not kiss a robot. Taylor Swift did not pose for sexually explicit images. Recently, however, lifelike images of these scenes created by Artificial Intelligence (AI) have spread virally online, threatening society’s ability to separate fact from fiction. And yet, it’s this very tension that lies at the heart of our fascination with AI, a feeling of apprehension and awe, of disgust and attraction, of worry and comfort.

Beneath the term ‘Artificial Intelligence’ lies a paradox. On one hand, ‘artificial’ invokes ideas of something fake, unnatural, synthetic, and insincere. A stark contrast to the lofty ideals of ‘intelligence’: truth, knowledge, and the very power to shape our world. The words themselves seem an incompatible mismatch. Can this oxymoronic union be anything but a distortion? This is the paradox that sits at the heart of a technology poised to redefine us, and the puzzle that underpins our spring 2025 exhibition. Curator, Jack Thomas Taylor, is looking for a researcher to join his curatorial team to work on this exhibition.

Responsibilities:

• Perform complex exhibition and curatorial research tasks.
• Carry out independent research on physical and digital collections.
• Write and edit materials for publication and presentation.
• Liaise with in-house and external teams and ensure attendance at in-person and virtual meetings.
• Manage and coordinate multiple projects in various stages of development.
• Assist with the dissemination of tasks/responsibilities to other researchers.
• Assist with administration and paperwork related to the exhibition.
• Other curatorial and project management tasks as assigned.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Good academic standing
• Junior or Senior

Apply

In order to be considered for this position, students must forward their CV to Jack Taylor.

Pay rate: QR60 per hour

Hours per week: 15 - 20 

Employment Duration: May 1 - October 31, 2024

Department: The Media Majlis