Cybioses/NSU Winter session - Creative Machines and Minds without Life
Dear all, pleaseconsider submitting an abstract to our winter symposium called; CreativeMachines and Minds Without Life: CriticalDetachment and Disengaged Futures
Date:5-8th of March 2025
Location:The “augmented performance lab” at Aalborg University Copenhagen.CopenhagenCampus
Organization:Cybioses, a study circle of the Nordic Summer University (NSU)(https://www.nsuweb.org/)
Deadlinefor abstract the 15thof January 2025.
Aspart of the study circle/symposium series "Cybioses – life inthe future imperfect",we are pleased to announcea call for abstracts and artistic submissions. Please click the linkfor more information and the long abstract:https://www.nsuweb.org/study-circles/circle-2-cybioses-life-in-the-f uture-imperfect/
Invitation
Wewelcome proposals that engage with, and discuss, the following areas:
- creative machines (e.g. robots, AI, ‘biological’ machines)
- creativity in art and machines
- creativity and the human mind
- the future of creativity
- intellectual histories of creative machines and/or creativity
- the political economies of creative machines
- creative machines and surveillance
- synergy with creative machines
- rules for creative machines (e.g. ethics, law, policy, government)
- creative vs. irresponsible machines (e.g. art vs. ethics)
Otherrelated topics are welcome, with the fit referring to the diversityof contributors that we explicitly aim for – scholars, artists,students, technologists, other professionals and engagedparticipants. Experimental approaches to presenting and collaboratingare encouraged. There will be space for installations andperformances.
Feelfree to contact us if you are wondering how you would fit in andplease send a short motivation letter and bio toeric.deibel@nsuweb.org andpalle@chalmers.For information about abstract submission and the backgroundwriting that details the topics of the conference, please visit ourweb-page:https://www.nsuweb.org/study-circles/circle-2-cybioses-life-in-th e-future-imperfect/
Finally,there is always next time! In the summer we’ll be inFinland (20thof July to 28thof July). We aim to continue beyond that, as we have a storied history, it's been 8 years in this format, and with roots going back to the 1950sfor the topic of technology (and cybernetics). Ourprevious topics have includedSpeculativeTechnologies and Future Frictions (Summer 2024, Denmark), Informationcrisis (Winter 2024, Vilnius, What a waste (summer 2023, Lithuania),and Slow futures (winter 2023, Brussels). Earlier’themes have included Human-TechnologyFutures,and Improvisation and Technology.
PalleDahlstedt, Professor of Interaction Design, Dept. of ComputerScience and Engineering, University of Gothenburg / ChalmersUniversity of Technology
EricDeibel, PhD, researcher with the ADAPT research centre on AI, andthe UCD school of Information and Communication Studies, both inDublin, Ireland.
TalyaDeibel, PhD, senior postdoc atUniversity College Cork on “Lawand the InnerSelf”.
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