"Artificial Intelligence and the Arts: The AI robot as a creative Co-bot?"

From June 12 to 15, KISD is hosting the second edition of the Hidden Layers conference in Cologne. The event brings together a diverse group of experts to discuss and learn about artificial intelligence in design. It is organized by the KITeGG research project on design and AI and combines a public program featuring lectures, an exhibition, and workshops with internal meetings of the five art and design colleges participating in the project.
Admission is free, and the public program runs from Wednesday evening, June 12, through Friday afternoon, June 14.
More information will be available starting in late May at www.hiddenlayers.de.
Thematically, Hidden Layers explores the “black boxes” of machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) from a design perspective. What aesthetics, potentials, coincidences, biases, and dangers do we find in the hidden layers of deep neural networks and large training datasets? How can we empower designers to develop and use machine learning systems? How can we support a design practice that not only understands how to use these systems, but also why and when they should be used—and when they should not? The conference addresses these questions through two thematic strands: “AI, Code & Material” explores the interconnections between AI, objects, and people, with a particular focus on the integration of product design, embedded AI systems, and new forms of use. “AI, Society & (Visual) Culture” addresses the changes that AI is bringing about in the way we work and live—from shifts in cultural production and creative practices to changes in how we shape the lives and work of others.
Organized by KITeGG members: Prof. Dr. Lasse Scherffig, Matthias Grund, Jakob Kilian, and Dzennifer Zachlod.

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