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To explain synthetic intelligence (AI) as a sizzling matter within the arts and inventive industries is a bit like saying Taylor Swift tickets had been pretty fashionable once they went on sale lately. Sure, a little bit of an understatement.
And with it being so very high of thoughts for a lot of within the sector, we now have accomplished issues just a little in another way for the free webinar: AI: A degree of inflection for the humanities? How AI is impacting the humanities and inventive sectors, and what the long run holds. Following Webinar #1 –Pondering outdoors the field and Webinar #2 – A brand new approach ahead: how inclusive management is driving change, that is the third webinar within the sequence that ArtsHub is producing with Inventive Victoria, beneath the Inventive Alternate banner. And this time, we went out to the sector earlier than this Wednesday’s occasion, so as to get some suggestions and canvass opinions to know your most urgent issues or questions concerning the matter.
With the survey outcomes starting from ‘can AI outsmart people?’ by way of ‘how do I shield my work from getting used to coach AI databases and bots?’ to ‘is there any foolproof solution to distinguish AI from non AI materials?’ we obtained practically 100 totally different questions on the topic. There have been questions on privateness, governance, partnerships, flexibility, harnessing energy, future work impacts, safety, making certain the way forward for human artwork, truth-telling, abuse, the alternative of actors, grant evaluation, alternatives ethics, copyright, censorship and empathy.
And in a transparent signal that many within the sector see the potential optimistic impacts of the know-how, in a piece asking for one-word descriptions of AI, the most typical response was “thrilling”, adopted by “scary”, “highly effective” and “instrument”. Over half of our respondents may see a doable use for AI of their inventive follow – as a time-saving instrument, as a immediate to help or improve ideation and as a solution to assist analysis or advertising and marketing. However, many respondents additionally recognized worries concerning threats to earnings and/or employment, the devaluation of inventive work, IP (mental property) and copyright, and the erasure of the human aspect in creativity and inventive follow.
All of those responses have been handed on to our presenter in order that he can tailor the webinar to handle as a lot of them as doable.
Our presenter
Professor Jon Whittle
Professor Jon Whittle is Director of Data61, the digital applied sciences R&D arm of CSIRO, Australia’s nationwide science company. He leads round 800 employees working in synthetic intelligence, cybersecurity, quantum applied sciences, human-centred design and software program engineering in functions for the setting, manufacturing, agriculture and plenty of others. Data61 additionally runs Australia’s Nationwide AI Centre, which has a robust deal with range in AI and accountable adoption of AI.
Jon has a robust reference to the inventive industries. He has spent 30 years as a theatre performer, author and director. He wrote, directed and starred in a multimedia play that received Better of Fringe on the San Francisco Worldwide Fringe Competition. He has additionally carried out on the Royal Shakespeare Firm’s open-air theatre, the Dell, in Stratford-upon-Avon. He studied the Indian classical dance Kuchipudi for 10 years, performing in entrance of over 2000 individuals in Kanpur, India.
Jon can be host of CSIRO’s On a regular basis AI podcast, which offers a mild introduction to AI and cuts by way of a lot of the hype surrounding this rising know-how. This Inventive Alternate occasion is introduced by Inventive Victoria and ArtsHub, in partnership with At this time.
Q&A session
The query and reply session can be moderated by Beata Klepek, the Expertise Design Lead at At this time. At this time is a purpose-first enterprise, working with purchasers to design experiences, companies and merchandise that produce a extra inclusive, equitable and sustainable society. Beata is an award-winning designer, who balances technique, know-how and innovation to unravel design challenges with practicality, and plenty of coronary heart.
You possibly can nonetheless meet up with the primary two webinars on this sequence, Webinar #1 –Pondering outdoors the field and Webinar #2 – A brand new approach ahead: how inclusive management is driving change
There’s nonetheless time to register for this webinar:
When: Wednesday 26 July 2023 – 11.30am to 12.30pm (AEST)
With: Jon Whittle, Director of Data61, the digital applied sciences R&D arm of CSIRO
The place: Register to attend this FREE on-line webinar.