Yuk Hui | (Quantum(Quantum(Quantum()))): Artificial Imagination

Aiiiii Art Center and the Art and Artificial Intelligence Lab of Tongji University (aai) will organize the annual international conference on AI Art 2022 on May 28 and 29. The conference's theme is "artificial imagination", combining the most groundbreaking research from diverse fields ranging from art, design, physics, computer science, media philosophy, and sci-fi literature. The definition, possibility, and potential of an artificial imagination inspired by the recent developments in the quantum computing area will be explored during the conference, which will offer an interdisciplinary inspiration for scholars, artists, and professionals from different backgrounds.
((( 2022 ) 05 ) 28 )( Session 2( 16:00-19:00 ))
Yuk Hui is a philosopher from Hong Kong. He obtained his PhD from Goldsmiths College London and his Habilitation in philosophy from Leuphana University Lüneburg. He teaches at the City University of Hong Kong. His latest book is Art and Cosmotechnics (2021).
Speech Title：Imagination and Infinite - A Critique of Artificial Imagination
I would like to start by posing two fundamental questions: What is imagination? What does imagination do? It is fundamental because without an elaboration on these questions, we will fail to understand artificial imagination and see it merely as a production of images, and we are fascinated by the complexity of algorithms. It is true that, machines today, especially with machine learning algorithms, are able of producing images that surprise human beings. They are becoming more and more capable in terms of precision and sophistication; consequently, they are thought to be able to replace artistic creations. I would like to show firstly precisely that imagination is not only about the production of image, in the contrary to think about imagination, it is necessary to go beyond images; it is a fallacy to think of artificial imagination as equivalence to human imagination, since it is not only unproductive but also prevent us from uncovering the problems that we may follow Kant by calling it the conflict of faculties.
Theme: (Quantum(Quantum(Quantum()))): Artificial Imagination
Host: Tongji University
Organizers：Art & Artificial Intelligence Lab, College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University｜Aiiiii Art Center
Supported by：Pro Helvetia Shanghai, Swiss Arts Council｜Swissnex in China｜DigitalFUTURES
Conference Dates: May 28 - May 29, 2022
Academic Hosts：Filippo Fabrocini｜Kostas Terzidis｜ Zhang Zhoujie
Speakers：Refik Anadol｜Celyn Bricker｜Stanley Chan｜Filippo Fabrocini｜Mick Grierson｜Sabine Himmelsbach｜Yuk Hui｜Neil Leach｜Ken Liu｜ Antonino Marciano｜Adrian Notz｜Špela Petrič｜ Kostas Terzidis｜John Thackara｜Jo Wei｜Andrew Witt｜Zheng Zhang｜Joanna Zylinska

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