Chat Haus Opens First Coworking Space Designed for AI Assistants
Tucked between a Brooklyn elementary school and public library, Greenpoint's newest "luxury" coworking space offers an unexpected twist.
Welcome to Chat Haus – where the familiar coworking scene unfolds: keyboards click, coffee breaks happen, and phones ring. But there's a catch.
This isn't your typical shared workspace. Chat Haus hosts AI chatbots exclusively, with even its human counterparts crafted entirely from cardboard.
Brooklyn artist Nim Ben-Reuven's installation features motorized cardboard robots diligently working at computers. Playful signage advertises "$1,999/month desks" and bills the space as "Luxury coworking for chatbots."
Ben-Reuven created the exhibit processing how AI impacts his graphic design and videography career. "Freelance jobs are already disappearing as companies choose AI," he told TechCrunch.
Credit: REbecca Szkutak "This was my humorous outlet for frustration," Ben-Reuven explained. "Instead of resenting industry changes, I fought back with something absurd I could laugh about."
The artist deliberately avoided negativity. "Overtly critical art becomes defensive," he noted. The lighthearted approach welcomes viewers across generations and AI perspectives.
During our cafe interview facing the installation, crowds gathered – millennials snapped photos while schoolchildren questioned their chaperones about the curious display.
Ben-Reuven finds AI's creative disruption milder than global crises: "Compared to warfare and trauma, technological shifts feel relatively manageable."
Cardboard has always been Ben-Reuven's medium – from grad school airport replicas to his signature "cardboard babies." The material's fragility mirrors AI-art's shortcomings: "Like Midjourney images dazzling at first glance but crumbling under scrutiny."
He acknowledges AI art's appeal though – comparing it to junk food's fleeting satisfaction.
The temporary exhibit occupies a building awaiting renovations. Ben-Reuven hopes to extend through mid-May and potentially relocate to a larger gallery – apartment storage permitting.
"I envisioned armies of eerie-cute bot babies tirelessly processing ChatGPT prompts in some energy-guzzling warehouse," the artist mused.
Find Chat Haus through mid-May in the storefront window at 121 Norman Avenue, Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
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Tucked between a Brooklyn elementary school and public library, Greenpoint's newest "luxury" coworking space offers an unexpected twist.
Welcome to Chat Haus – where the familiar coworking scene unfolds: keyboards click, coffee breaks happen, and phones ring. But there's a catch.
This isn't your typical shared workspace. Chat Haus hosts AI chatbots exclusively, with even its human counterparts crafted entirely from cardboard.
Brooklyn artist Nim Ben-Reuven's installation features motorized cardboard robots diligently working at computers. Playful signage advertises "$1,999/month desks" and bills the space as "Luxury coworking for chatbots."
Ben-Reuven created the exhibit processing how AI impacts his graphic design and videography career. "Freelance jobs are already disappearing as companies choose AI," he told TechCrunch.
"This was my humorous outlet for frustration," Ben-Reuven explained. "Instead of resenting industry changes, I fought back with something absurd I could laugh about."
The artist deliberately avoided negativity. "Overtly critical art becomes defensive," he noted. The lighthearted approach welcomes viewers across generations and AI perspectives.
During our cafe interview facing the installation, crowds gathered – millennials snapped photos while schoolchildren questioned their chaperones about the curious display.
Ben-Reuven finds AI's creative disruption milder than global crises: "Compared to warfare and trauma, technological shifts feel relatively manageable."
Cardboard has always been Ben-Reuven's medium – from grad school airport replicas to his signature "cardboard babies." The material's fragility mirrors AI-art's shortcomings: "Like Midjourney images dazzling at first glance but crumbling under scrutiny."
He acknowledges AI art's appeal though – comparing it to junk food's fleeting satisfaction.
The temporary exhibit occupies a building awaiting renovations. Ben-Reuven hopes to extend through mid-May and potentially relocate to a larger gallery – apartment storage permitting.
"I envisioned armies of eerie-cute bot babies tirelessly processing ChatGPT prompts in some energy-guzzling warehouse," the artist mused.
Find Chat Haus through mid-May in the storefront window at 121 Norman Avenue, Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
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