How to get people interested in art? How to engage millennials? How to expose permanent-collection works that sit in storage? These are questions art museums constantly ponder.

Recently, Tate Britain asked another one: How can artificial intelligence help?

It put the question to anyone who wanted to compete for the 2016 IK Prize, which promotes the use of digital technology in the exploration of art at Tate Britain or on the Tate website.

“A.I. was chosen as the theme this year because getting machines to do what humans can do is one of the most exciting frontiers in technology,” said Tony Guillan, a multimedia producer for Tate who manages the prize, which is named for the philanthropist Irene Kreitman. “Is there anything more human than looking at art?”