POSTCITY, JKU Square

  • Large Language Models (LLMs): Imagining a Technology-Assisted Citizens’ Assembly to Create a More Inclusive and Constructive Democratic Process

    Large Language Models (LLMs): Imagining a Technology-Assisted Citizens’ Assembly to Create a More Inclusive and Constructive Democratic Process

    MIT Center for Constructive Communication (CCC), Deb Roy, Dimitra Dimitrakopoulou, Claudia Chwalisz

    This workshop will explore just how we can harness the power of technology to create democratic spaces where people can actively listen to one another, find common ground to address social challenges, and rebuild their trust in institutions.

  • Large Language Models (LLMs) and Us

    Large Language Models (LLMs) and Us

    MIT Center for Constructive Communication (CCC), Belén Saldías, Jad Kabbara, Deb Roy

    How well can LLMs represent my values? How, what, and from where do LLMs get their learning abilities? During two independent sessions, we will address a full spectrum of questions.

  • It’s AI, Stupid – Futuring Exercise (AI Futures)

    It’s AI, Stupid – Futuring Exercise (AI Futures)

    Time’s Up

    As part of this three-hour “futuring” exercise, participants will use their imagination of near-term future scenarios to address the promises and threats – along with subsequent tangents and obstacles – posed by ideas of artificial intelligence.

  • JKU Square: Next Truth Prediction

    JKU Square: Next Truth Prediction

    Johannes Kepler Universität Linz (JKU), JKU Zirkus des Wissens (ZdW), JKU Spin-off EUMETA, Time’s Up, William Kentridge, Rimini Protokoll, MIT Center for Constructive Communication (CCC) Cortico

    “Reason brings the truth to light.” This programmatic sentence characterized the Age of Enlightenment. Now we use probability distributions to approach reality. This refers to large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT (OpenAI) or Bard (Google), which are becoming central sources of information. An LLM is trained with massive bodies of text. It’s trained to…

  • A.I. A Punch Intervenes

    A.I. A Punch Intervenes

    Andreas Pfaffenberger

    Is Artificial Intelligence truly “intelligent”? Can a non-living thing – like a machine – become conscious? Or are these just our own projections? Could something “artificially” created even begin to think on its own, become creative, even develop an imagination?

  • The Act of Creation 2

    The Act of Creation 2

    William Kentridge, Meinhard Lukas

    William Kentridge is one of the world’s leading contemporary artists. Famous for charcoal drawings, prints, sculptures and films, his work bears witness to the history of his country of origin, South Africa.

  • The Act of Creation 1

    The Act of Creation 1

    Stefan Kaegi, Helgard Haug, Meinhard Lukas

    In 2000, Helgard Haug, Stefan Kaegi and Daniel Wetzel established the theatre-label Rimini Protokoll and since then, they have worked under this name in different configurations. Piece-by-piece, they expand on the possibilities of theater to create new perspectives on reality.