Interdisciplinary Perspectives on AI & Culture: Art and Science In Conversation
Seminar series organised by IAS Fellows Claudio Celis Bueno and Pei-Sze Chow, Nanne van Noord and the AI & Cultural Production Research Group
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on AI & Culture: Art and Science In Conversation is an interdisciplinary seminar series focused on bringing humanities scholars and computer scientists to the table to exchange critical perspectives on the intersections between AI and culture.
Across four sessions, the series aims to identify gaps in how different disciplines conceptualise AI in culture and culture in AI. We aim to find a common language as a first step towards establishing interdisciplinary collaboration.
The speakers represent diverse sections in UvA, including history, philosophy, film and media studies, cultural studies, complex systems, multimedia analytics, and machine learning.
2023:
- 21 February (15:00-17:00): ‘Iconic Images’, Nanne van Noord and Claudio Celis Bueno.
- 28 March (15:00-17:00): ‘Prediction & Causality’, Melvin Wevers and Sara Magliacane.
- 18 April (15:00-17:00): ‘Bias & Metrics’, Dieuwertje Luitse and Fernando P. Santos.
- 23 May (16:00-18:00): ‘Creativity and AI in Cinema’, Pei-Sze Chow and Carlo Bretti.
2024:
- 27 February (15:00-17:00): ‘The politics of traceability in the age of deep fakes’, Houda Lamqaddam and Zeno Geradts.
- 23 April (15:00-17:00): ‘LLMs, hermeneutics, interpretation’, Sandro Pezzelle and Michael Miller.
2025:
- 8 April (15:00-17:00): ‘Generative AI and the automation of creative labour’, Isadora Campregher Paiva and Dimitris Tzionas.
- 6 May (15:00-17:00): ‘Foundation Models: Multi-modality and Political Economy’, Bernhard Rieder and Mohammad Mahdi Derakhshani.
Interested in joining one of the sessions? All upcoming events are listed on our event page.
See here for a recap of our 2023 season.