The Future of Living

Live conference and creative challenge on the future of #AI
Bozar Brussels, 19-20.10.2021
@EUNIC_Brussels @BozarBrussels @kersnikova

[The Future of Living @FutureLivingAI]

You can now relive The Future of Living symposium, curated by @jurij_krpan and @pauwl at @BozarBrussels with @EUNIC_Brussels and many amazing partners. See the videos and share your thoughts on #AI in the Living Document at https://t.co/MNVAz9Wyrr
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Artists @AlexVerhaest @AMAZON_NATION and Bohdana Korohod created a mythical story of the birth of an #AI inspired by an Aimara legend from the land where Lithium is extracted #hackadeux
@BozarBrussels @EUNIC_Brussels @kersnikova @STARTSEU

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Robotics expert @_guillem_ and UX designer and artist Kristjan Jansen have worked on an interactive system based on face detection and analysis that reveals the algorithm’s biases
#hackadeux @EUNIC_Brussels @BozarBrussels @kersnikova @STARTSEU

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Artist @driesdepoorter played with Microsoft’s #NSFW AI-powered image analysis exposing the system to a lot of bananas
@EUNIC_Brussels @BozarBrussels @kersnikova @STARTSEU

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“With these projects we can foster different approaches to #AI than those of other speakers” Artist and creative coder @carreras_anna introduces the artistic projects created during the #hackathon
@EUNIC_Brussels @BozarBrussels @kersnikova @STARTSEU

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Co-curator @jurij_krpan opens the last session of the conference, the #hackadeux, with participants @carreras_anna @AMAZON_NATION @AlexVerhaest Bohdana Korohod, @_guillem_ @driesdepoorter and Kristjan Jansen
@EUNIC_Brussels @BozarBrussels @kersnikova

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“We must create a collaborative technology that helps us foster a collaborative society”
Aleksandra Przegalińska
@kozminski_uni @eunicbrussels @kersnikova @bozarbrussels

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“We have several challenges related to the development of #AI in Europe: we need open data pools, large investments, and trust in technology” Aleksandra Przegalińska
@PLInst_Brussels
@kozminski_uni @eunicbrussels @kersnikova @bozarbrussels

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Aleksandra Przegalińska unwraps the many fields rapidly developing in #AI
@kozminski_uni @eunicbrussels @kersnikova @bozarbrussels

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“Collaborative society is already there but we need institutions, NGOs, and governments to provide the framework for its development”
Dariusz Jemielniak and Aleksandra Przegalińska
@kozminski_uni @eunicbrussels @kersnikova @bozarbrussels

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“Collaborative society is a new way of making things together with strangers through the use of technology” Dariusz Jemielniak and Aleksandra Przegalińska
@kozminski_uni @eunicbrussels @kersnikova @bozarbrussels

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Dariusz Jemielniak and Aleksandra Przegalińska open the afternoon session with a hybrid keynote speech on collaborative society
@KozminskiUni @EUNIC_Brussels @BozarBrussels @kersnikova

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“The challenge is to make the environment visible, whether it is pedestrian movement or air pollution for instance, to make it understandable”
@XTroussard
@EU_Bauhaus @BozarBrussels @EUNIC_Brussels

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“We need innovation that efficiently connects cutting edge technologies with low-tech or no-tech solutions, as an enabler for what communities need”
@XTroussard
@EU_Bauhaus @EUNIC_Brussels @BozarBrussels

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“We must consider global issues, but bring them to the local, because it is only there that transformation makes sense for people.”
@XTroussard
@EU_Bauhaus @EUNIC_Brussels @BozarBrussels

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Identifying the uses of a city by analyzing the photos taken by locals and comparing them by those taken by tourists: a project presented by Eszter Dávida
@EU_Bauhaus @EUNIC_Brussels @BozarBrussels

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Architect and urbanist Eszter Dávida addresses the challenges of integrating #AI in urban planning
@EU_Bauhaus @EUNIC_Brussels @BozarBrussels

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Researcher @marko_grobelnik discusses our possible futures by observing “facts of the future” such as innovations, employments, investments, or media influences.
@JSI_SLO @EUNIC_Brussels @BozarBrussels

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“Maybe it should not be ‘I think therefore I am’ but ‘I surrender to technology therefore I am’”
Christopher Schommer
@BozarBrussels @EUNIC_Brussels

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“Instead of #AI we should talk about IA, intelligent agents or assistants, which are focused on specific tasks”
Christoph Schommer
@EUNIC_Brussels @BozarBrussels @EU_Bauhaus