AI Cafe #2
Behind the Pixels – AI image generators and their bias
with Franziska Thurner
When: 16th December at 18:00
Where: servus.at Clubraum. c/o Stadtwerkstatt, Kirchengasse 4, 4040 Linz
Franziska Thurner researches how AI image generators work and to what extent they reinforce and reproduce social prejudices. AI training data consists of billions of internet posts and reflects existing social discrimination (sexism, racism, ableism, classism). During the AI Café, prompts are written and image generators are tried out – the results are analysed in a joint discussion with regard to gender, digital colonialism, resources and climate protection.
About
Franziska Thurner is a media artist and university lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and the University of Art and Design Linz. In the course of her many years of teaching, she has devoted herself to researching and testing emerging technologies with a focus on art, schools and educational work, as well as issues of digital ethics and digital justice. Her artistic work also focuses on numerous collaborations, including with sound artist Abby Lee Tee and their joint project ‘Beaver Lab’ and with Hanna Priemetzhofer as ‘System Jaquelinde’. https://franziskathurner.com/
*The AI Café is part of the cooperation “Critical digitization for art and culture / Theater Phoenix x servus.at”, which is realized within the project "KI im Theater Phönix" funded through the program "KI in der Kunst und Kultur". During the project, database-supported, automated, and algorithmic processes in theater operations are being explored. The project combines a critical examination of AI systems with their actual application in daily workflows. Part of the project, “AI Café” – a public event series in which different experiences and approaches to AI in cultural production are collected and discussed.