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An experiment in human–AI co-creationIndependent research · 2026

PROMPTLESS

Less prompting.
More feeling.

No typing. No voice.
Just touch, movement, and possibility.

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Browser study · turn a dial or drag a slider
01 / THE QUESTIONInteractive art · Physical computing · Visual design

What if you could
touch AI?

Creation doesn’t have to start with a sentence.

PROMPTLESS explores a more physical way to create with AI. Knobs, buttons, switches and sensors become a language of their own. Every gesture shapes an evolving visual system — its composition, density, movement and distortion.

The image isn’t a final answer. It’s a conversation that keeps changing as you move.

Read the project overview ↗
Concept developed. Physical prototype in development.A project by Christos Sotiris / Nilly Graphics

The field above is a live procedural browser study. Hardware and AI-assisted image integration are planned for the physical prototype.

02 / THE INTERFACEPhysical input → Visual response
Concept visualization of hands using a tactile controller beside a particle landscape on a screen
Tactile controller / concept visualization

Small movements.
Visible consequences.

Designed to be understood through play. A physical action changes a visible parameter immediately, while the AI-assisted image layer can update independently.

01Turn. Arrange. Transform.+

Knobs map to composition, visual density, movement and distortion. Continuous input means continuous exploration.

02Press. Shift. Discover.+

Buttons and switches are proposed as ways to change visual states and invite surprising variations. The control mapping will be refined through hands-on testing.

03Let the room become an input.+

Optional light or ambient-sound sensors can bring the surrounding environment into the visual field. No spoken prompt is needed.

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PROPOSED SIGNAL PATH
01TouchKnobs / buttons / sensors
02TranslateESP32 / Arduino · USB serial
03RespondBrowser / visual engine
04ExperienceScreen / projection
03 / A SHARED EXPERIENCEFrom individual gesture to collective exploration

A little less screen.
A little more human.

An open studio. A hands-on session. An invitation to try something unfamiliar. PROMPTLESS is designed to grow through real interaction — and the questions people bring to it.

AGENCY

Who is shaping whom?

How does touch change the feeling of control over an AI-assisted creative process?

AUTHORSHIP

Where does intention end?

What feels authored by the participant, and what feels delegated to the system?

UNDERSTANDING

Can a gesture make it clearer?

Can the link between a physical action and a visible response make the process more understandable?

04 / WORK IN PROGRESSPrototype-ready. Open to exchange.

The next step
is physical.

The concept and interaction direction are established. The next phase brings the controller, browser visuals and AI-assisted material together in a first working prototype — then opens the process to public testing.

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Build the tactile controller

Hardware, control mapping, reliable input
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Connect the visual system

Immediate response, separate AI-assisted layer
03

Invite people into the process

Open tests, conversation, refinement
04

Document what emerges

Visual documentation and next-stage notes