Artificial intelligence (AI) is intended to benefit the human race. It has, in a lot of ways, transcended human capabilities. What will happen to the relationship between AI and human in the future? While we become increasingly dependent on them, how long will it take for machines to supersede and take control over human intelligence? With technology, everything seems possible and humans continue to enjoy the fruits with technological advancements everyday. Would you like to live in a painless, carefree world that is inseparable from machinery and data?

AI的研發，是為了幫助人類。到現在，AI能完成人類無法做到的事情，甚至已經能夠超越人類；在未來，人類會否自取滅亡，依賴AI的同時，反被AI控制，走到無可挽回的地步？從此沒有不可能，因為我們有科技，有一切我們想要的；從此人類只會享受快樂及不斷進步，活於離不開機械與數據的世界，幸福地隨所欲爲，開心生活，沒有痛苦，你也想這樣嗎？

Coral reefs are the most precious and biodiverse ecosystem on the planet, the "nursery of the ocean". Human life depends on ocean health but coral reefs are rapidly dying. We need to study and protect coral reefs urgently. Traditionally divers take photographs and evaluate coral reefs by their size and colors. The Scoutbots team is developing an ocean drone that replaces divers, a laser apparatus that replaces the mechanical quadrat, and the images collected are assembled into a 3D map by computer programmes. This technology aims to be 10x more accurate, 50x faster and 200x cheaper than the current technology.

珊瑚礁是地球上最珍貴，生物最多樣化的生態系統，是海洋的守護者。人類的生命全賴海洋健康，但珊瑚礁近年卻急速死亡。研究和保育珊瑚礁，絕對刻不容緩。一直以來，潛水員都是深入海中拍攝珊瑚礁照片，再按珊瑚礁的體積及顏色進行評估。Scoutbots 團隊現時正在研發可以替代潛水員，深入海洋拍攝的無人機，以鐳射儀器取代機械空鉛裝置，再以電腦程式將拍下的影像整合成3D立體地圖。這項技術務求比現時的技術準確10倍，速度提升50倍，成本下降200倍。

Trial and error is a process that involves repeated failed attempts before arriving at the best solution. Urban development follows a similar pattern, we are faced with the conflicting choices between conservation and development, while making such decisions, things can get lost and forgotten along the way. As gentrification is inevitable in an ever growing world, it is vital that we learn from the mistakes we made and preserve values and important entities, instead of simply having them replaced.

For this year’s deTour Nxt, we created a model replica of a city under development, a city with a clear juxtaposition of the old and the new. With the help of artificial lighting, old buildings dwarf beside shiny, modern skyscrapers. Learning from the mistakes of the previous “builder”, visitors can take turns to participate in the urban planning and design by creating their “buildings”.

Trial and Error的精神，是在無數次的嘗試中，找出最合適的結果，過程中存在「撞板」的可能。就像城市發展，在建設和抉擇時，我們可能會失去一些事物，甚或需要為此付出代價。舊區、舊建築的重建是Trial，過後有否從當中的Error學習，令事物和價值得以保存，而不只是被取代？城市發展是無止境的，答案有待我們持續尋找和改變。

藉著detour Nxt這次機會，我們向公眾呈現一個關於城市發展的「山洞」，內裡有些具標誌性的建築，新舊混雜。配合燈光，新建築矚目璀燦，舊建築黯然失色，漸漸消逝。參觀者可透過摺出不同的建築模組來參與這座城市的規劃，從上一位規劃者的Error中學習，思考再Trial，讓下一位規劃者接力，思考發展的意義和代價。

「板」撞了，當然要學「精」。

In the world of mathematics, there are infinite numbers between 0 and 1, these numbers can be enumerated to create endless combinations. We often perceive things exist in alternative states - black and white, light and dark, but in between two ends of the pole are possibilities that may have never crossed your minds. When it comes to creation, there is no absolute right or wrong, good or bad, it’s all about perception. Let go of your intrinsic binary conception, learn to enjoy wandering between the realms in your creative journey, before taking on the path that suits you best. And when you do, don’t look back.

At deTour Nxt's mentorship programme, together we explore various possibilities, break through our habitual thinking patterns and learn to see things in a new light.

Using fluorescent tubes, STICKYLINE constructed a large-scale polyhedron form that breaks through the boundaries of a two-dimensional plane. Dancing in its own changing rhythms of light, it is not only a statement piece that attracts attention, but also a reminder of the capricious nature of this world.

在數學世界裡，0與1之間有無限的可能性，有著不同的關係，可成為錯誤，也可生成無限，二元兩極有著一切可能，黑與白、光與影。創作沒有絕對的對與錯、好與壞，只有合適與否，放下固有的二元概念，盡情在創作路上遊走，享受一切對與錯，尋找最理想的，一直走一直走 。

在detour Nxt的師友計劃中，我們與同學一起探索各種的可能性，突破自身認知的思考習慣，讓自己也成為當中一員，重整再建立 。

這一作品以線條與光重構熟悉的多面體，突破紙張平面的界限，建立數個光源多面體，與參觀者産生互動，感受屬於你我的光的節奏，欣賞一切變化，沒有好壞、沒有對錯 。