Artificial intelligence (AI) has become an indispensable part of our lives. The technological transformations are so profound that they have started to shape our relationship with the environment. Machines, with their growing potential to process very large data sets and to recognize patterns in them, nourish the hope that technology could also help to save humanity: AI might open up new ways for environmental conservation, climate protection as well as sustainable management of natural resources. On the other hand, the prospect of an even more complex and pervasive digital future is also accompanied by dystopian ideas of a total human alienation from nature.
The symposium is dedicated to artists who deal with „nature“ in their works and at the same time incorporate artificial intelligence in various ways. Together with scientists, they will discuss the following questions: How does working with AI influence our view of nature? Which ethical and aesthetic questions arise in the artistic confrontation with AI? How does AI call for rethinking the boundaries of nature and culture? What is the relationship between „artifi cial“ and „natural“ intelligence?
Symposium | AI, Art and Nature | 04. November 2019, 18:00 Uhr
Eine Veranstaltung des Jahresthemas 2019l20 „Naturgemälde“ und der IAG „Verantwortung – Maschinelles Lernen und Künstliche Intelligenz“ der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Welcoming Address
Christoph Markschies
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Member of the Academy
Speakers
Thomas Bächle
Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft Berlin
Anna Dumitriu
Artist, Brighton
Nausikaä El-Mecky
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
Peter Freund
Artist, Universitat de Barcelona
Adam Harvey
Artist, Berlin/New York
Alex May
Artist, Brighton
Ingeborg Reichle
Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien
Hosts
Isabella Hermann
IAG „Verantwortung“, BBAW
Friederike Krippner
Jahresthema „Naturgemälde“, BBAW
Christian Uhle
Philosopher, Berlin
Weitere Informationen:
Dr. Friederike Krippner
krippner@bbaw.de
+49 (0)30 20370 586
Die Veranstaltung findet in englischer Sprache statt.
Der Eintritt ist frei. Um Anmeldung bis zum 30. Oktober 2019 wird gebeten unter: www.bbaw.de/anmeldung-ai-art-and-nature
Admission is free. Registration is requested.