Ars Electronica Theme Symposium: The Next Renaissance

Introduction

Panel discussion

This talk presents EIT Culture & Creativity, an initiative designed to strengthen and transform Europe’s Cultural and Creative Sectors and Industries (CCSI) by connecting creatives and organisations to Europe’s largest innovation network.

We live in a world of increasing social fragmentation, toxic polarization and misinformation that is often exacerbated by social media and AI chatbots. The power of digital networks and generative AI can be harnessed, however, to foster constructive communication at scale.

This year’s STARTS Conference explores the conflicting ethics, values and priorities that arise as a result of accelerating technological and societal development.

Co-hosted by CultTech Association – a movement focused on advancing innovation at the intersection of culture and technology with the mission of making culture more accessible and financially sustainable – this talk explores the different initiatives in the cultural startup space.

Impulse talk

This session features five of the most successful efforts in building AI data models, tools and datasets with a strong commitment to transparency and data sovereignty. Tune into how LAION is creating an open-source, open-science approach to researching and developing foundational AI models and datasets.

Keynote