The exhibition and accompanying conference explored the historical development of artificial intelligence through manuscripts, early computing devices and archival material, placing contemporary AI within a much longer history of humanity's attempts to create thinking machines. As part of the event, Ai-Da exhibited three portraits of Ada Lovelace and joined a public lecture exploring the relationship between art, artificial intelligence and the history of computing. During the Open Doors programme, she also met students from Cheney School to discuss their AI projects before undertaking a live painting session in Blackwell Hall, where she created portraits of Thomas Bodley, founder of the Bodleian Library, and Ada Lovelace.

The exhibition brought together original manuscripts by Ada Lovelace, Charles Babbage, Mary Shelley and Christopher Strachey alongside historic calculating devices, including Babbage's pioneering Difference Engine. Named after Ada Lovelace, Ai-Da's encounter with Babbage's work provided a direct connection between the origins of programmable computing and contemporary developments in artificial intelligence, reflecting the exhibition's exploration of the ideas that continue to shape AI today.

Ai-Da's participation formed part of the exhibition's wider aim of encouraging dialogue between the history of computing, contemporary artistic practice and public engagement with emerging technologies.