AI, Big Data, Social Media, and People on the Move
Berlin, DEU, 2023
Exhibited Work: 1 & ∞ ⑁ [One & Infinite Chair]
Duration: 19–20 June 2023
Event type: Conference (5th Annual Weizenbaum Institute Conference)
Organizer: Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society, Berlin
Venue: Silent Green Kulturquartier, Berlin, Germany
At the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society’s 5th Annual Conference – “Weizenbaum Conference 2023 – AI, Big Data, Social Media, and People on the Move” (19–20 June 2023, Silent Green Kulturquartier, Berlin, Germany), more than 400 participants from academia, the arts, civil society, and politics discussed the various dimensions and interconnections of AI, big data, social media, and human mobility, both on site and online.
Egor Kraft presented his work 1 & ∞ ⑁ [One & Infinite Chairs], demonstrating the possibilities and limitations of digital technologies such as image generators and reflecting on the precarious role of meaning in machine learning. In a panel discussion with David Berry (University of Sussex) and Barbara Pfetsch (Freie Universität Berlin and Principal Investigator at the Weizenbaum Institute), they considered the risks of AI as a generative technology.
The panel addressed questions of ownership, journalistic integrity, and human judgment, asking what it means for social relations, social orders, and political decisions when authorship, truthfulness, and authenticity are no longer reliably verifiable. It was emphasised that today’s global social problems are not caused by AI, but by political, economic, and media structures. The central agreement, in the spirit of Joseph Weizenbaum, was that human judgment must remain in charge. This requires transparency in how technologies operate and increased digital literacy.
The conference highlighted the importance of interdisciplinary international dialogue, providing a platform for science, politics, and civil society to exchange concerns, questions, and perspectives constructively.
Egor Kraft presenting 1 & ∞ ⑁ [One & Infinite Chairs] at the Weizenbaum Conference 2023, Berlin, Germany, with a panel discussion alongside David Berry and Barbara Pfetsch on the risks and implications of AI as a generative technology.
AI, Big Data, Social Media, and People on the Move
Berlin, DEU, 2023
Exhibited Work: 1 & ∞ ⑁ [One & Infinite Chair]
Duration: 19–20 June 2023
Event type: Conference (5th Annual Weizenbaum Institute Conference)
Organizer: Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society, Berlin
Venue: Silent Green Kulturquartier, Berlin, Germany
At the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society’s 5th Annual Conference – “Weizenbaum Conference 2023 – AI, Big Data, Social Media, and People on the Move” (19–20 June 2023, Silent Green Kulturquartier, Berlin, Germany), more than 400 participants from academia, the arts, civil society, and politics discussed the various dimensions and interconnections of AI, big data, social media, and human mobility, both on site and online.
Egor Kraft presented his work 1 & ∞ ⑁ [One & Infinite Chairs], demonstrating the possibilities and limitations of digital technologies such as image generators and reflecting on the precarious role of meaning in machine learning. In a panel discussion with David Berry (University of Sussex) and Barbara Pfetsch (Freie Universität Berlin and Principal Investigator at the Weizenbaum Institute), they considered the risks of AI as a generative technology.
The panel addressed questions of ownership, journalistic integrity, and human judgment, asking what it means for social relations, social orders, and political decisions when authorship, truthfulness, and authenticity are no longer reliably verifiable. It was emphasised that today’s global social problems are not caused by AI, but by political, economic, and media structures. The central agreement, in the spirit of Joseph Weizenbaum, was that human judgment must remain in charge. This requires transparency in how technologies operate and increased digital literacy.
The conference highlighted the importance of interdisciplinary international dialogue, providing a platform for science, politics, and civil society to exchange concerns, questions, and perspectives constructively.
Egor Kraft presenting 1 & ∞ ⑁ [One & Infinite Chairs] at the Weizenbaum Conference 2023, Berlin, Germany, with a panel discussion alongside David Berry and Barbara Pfetsch on the risks and implications of AI as a generative technology.
Studio Addresses
Tokyo, Mishuku, JPN
Vienna, Neubau, AUT
Studio
Egor Kraft – artist-researcher, founder
Anna Kraft – researcher, director
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Studio Addresses
Tokyo, Mishuku, JPN
Vienna, Neubau, AUT
Contact
mail[at]kraft.studio
Downloads
Studio
Egor Kraft – artist-researcher, founder
Anna Kraft – researcher, director
