A day of thought-provoking sessions, interactive workshops, and inspiring case studies on AI and creativity. As AI enters a wide range of spheres in the creative industries, the Prix Ars Electronica Forum program brings together artists, academics, researchers, technologists, and activists to share their perspectives on how AI and artistic creation can intertwine. What is needed to fully utilize this potential?
From reflections on consciousness in the age of AI to showcasing practical applications and explorations of the tools, the event delves into opportunities, challenges, and fears that accompany AI-facilitated creation. Artists, including Golden Nica winners, will share success and failure stories of AI usage in the fields of audiovisual media, language, games, music and more.
What other collaborative structures are needed to create an ecosystem for AI creativity? In an interactive session, experts and participants will collectively envision a future-proof, sustainable, inclusive infrastructure for AI-driven artistic creation.
Last but not least, the AI revolution also brings shifts in art valuation, IPs, and business models. How can we navigate this new ecosystem?
To participate in this event in the POSTCITY conference hall, you need a FESTIVALPASS(+) or DAYPASS.
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A talk with Anil Seth: Consciousness and Creativity in the Age of AI
Anil Seth (UK), AC Coppens (FR)
Cognitive and computational neuroscientist Anil Seth is recognized as among the 0.1% most impactful scientists in terms of publications. A recurring TED speaker, he will start off the day by dissecting the “purely human” vs the machine: Where does creativity start, where does it come from? Can computers be creative at all?
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AI and New Models in Creative Collaboration
Tamiko Thiel (DE), Thor Magnusson (IS), Felipe Sanchez Luna (CO/DE), Brigitta Muntendorf (DE), moderated by Bettina Kames (DE)
AI not only fosters new collaborative practices between humans and machine; it also creates new cooperative frameworks across the creative ecosystem that often extend beyond particular fields of art.
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AI in Creativity and Critique — A fireside chat with Hito Steyerl
Hito Steyerl (DE), AC Coppens (FR)
We will close the day with a fireside chat with Hito Steyerl, a visionary filmmaker, moving-image artist, writer and innovator of the essay documentary. With a keen interest in media and technology and a PhD in philosophy, Steyerl brings a unique and critical view on AI’s role in the art world.
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ARTificial: Legality, Ethics and Aesthetics of Generative AI
Micaela Mantegna (AR)
This session begins by examining the concept of creativity: Can we truly conceive of „artificial creativity“? Is AI capable of true innovation, or is it a tool reflecting human input? As AI-generated art becomes indistinguishable from human-created works, should we think of a “Turing test” for creativity? Does this blurring of lines influence how we legally…
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Building the Future of AI in Arts: Which Infrastructures and Frameworks Do We Need?
LaJuné McMillian (US), Tiara Roxanne (DE), Micaela Mantegna (AR), AC Coppens (FR), Ingrid Kopp (ZA/GB), Hilary Mason (US), Margarita Grubina (UA)
As the impact of AI grows, it is crucial to examine collectively the infrastructures and frameworks needed for the artistic ecosystem to fully embrace the creative potential of the technology. In this interactive fishbowl session, participants will have the opportunity to share their thoughts and engage in a dialogue with artists, technologists, educators, institutions and…
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The Price Tag: Assessing the Value of AI Art
Lisa Käde (DE), Jo Lawson-Tancred (UK), AC Coppens (FR)
The value of art is already an intricate and ever-evolving subject, depending on many parameters which can make pricing and remuneration a tricky subject. How do the landscape, values and value chains change when AI is introduced?
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The Sparks: Igniting AI for Artistic Creation
Paul Trillo (US), Sasha Stiles (US), Marta Verde (ES), Maria Arnal (ES)
Artists who have found a unique voice by placing AI at the core of their creative work talk to us about best practices and stories of failure, new possibilities and current limitations. In a series of presentations spanning digital art, music, film and poetry, we map the potential that AI brings to the art world—from…
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Welcome and Introduction
AC Coppens (FR)
Introduction for the AI and Artistic Creation Day Bio
Presented in the context of the European Digital Deal project. European Digital Deal is co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union and by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport.
