AI; arts; {sus.af}

Hooked, or not hooked?

“Hello, mother” – that’s what astronauts say to their spaceships when they wake up in the morning. Right before coffee. Mother is always a machine, man made intelligence with lots of brains, and usually very little heart. Oftentimes, she turns on her children.

We beg: is artificial intelligence something to be feared?

AI is all over. It tells us what to listen to on Spotify, what to watch on youtube, it tells our fridges and TV-s and washing machines what to do, it tells my damn phone which wifi to connect to, in spite of my own intentions. It looks like it has its own mind. It looks like it doesn’t listen. As for me, I only hope I don’t listen to it. Her. Him. Gender much.

We value our freedom, our cultural heritage of power in our will, but we might be delusional. TV commercials fool us, still frames projected in fast succession fool us, tiny shiny dots on flat surfaces fool us. The ego is hard to fight, and it’s a freaking machine that might do it for us, needed or not.

Multiplica Festival — 2402—0503

Digital Arts and Realities // multiplica.lu

Zeros and ones, yes and no, true or false, current or the lack of it; that is the information penetrating the boundaries between man and its tools. Art corresponds: by maintaining the sender-receiver medium, it exchanges perceived free will for results of intelligent design, eaten up by the blind search for aesthetic satisfaction. Or a time to chill. Our ego is once again elevating itself into the stratosphere by unassumingly creating its sweet mirror image.

This February, in a few days actually, Rotondes will host its festival on exploring our relation to digital society through arts, encounters of all types, and human-to-human workshops. Our university – hello, mother – will participate by hosting a workshop with painter Akiko Nakayama.

Akiko depicts the energy of movement through installations, photos, and performances. On 27th February, 16:00-18:00, in the Black Box (MSH) you will have the chance to observe the boundaries of colours wash away and fluctuate, during the creation of an “alive painting.” Sand collected with geologist Natascha Kuhlmann (uni.lu) will be used to create the painting with a camera and a projector.

Join the events to mock, or join to celebrate. Join to investigate, inquire, to judge, to inspire and be inspired. Join them for fun, for meeting humanoids, for sharing emotions, thoughts and experience. Join to belong, and to be outside the bubble. Or… join only for the coffee. I’m sure there will be coffee, too. Mother’ll make sure, I’m positive+

by Zoltan Tajti