Discover the different ways that artificial intelligence (AI) is being used by museums and artists in this insightful panel discussion.
This panel discussion will explore the constantly evolving role of artificial intelligence in museums, looking at the different ways AI is being used within the GLAM (galleries, libraries, archives and museums) sector by both institutions and artists.
Museums are using AI in all kinds of ways including improving access to and analysis of their collections. These innovations also raise complex ethical questions - how can institutions ensure that AI supports, rather than compromises, the integrity of their collections?
Public reactions can be strong when museum content is perceived to be or includes work made which is AI-generated with concerns about authenticity and the impact on artists.
Join us for a thought-provoking discussion that looks at the ways museums can engage ethically with AI, support digital equity across the sector, and highlight the creative ways artists are using AI to interrogate its role in art and society.
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Host
James Bot
James Bot is a drag king and digital literacy educator whose makeup and jewellery makes him un-parseable to facial recognition algorithms. Playfully explaining deep tech concepts in feed-friendly brainrot formats, he welcomes anyone and everyone into the conversation around digital ethics. His participatory projects are featured in The Unseen Machine (Performance Space's generative engine), Midsumma Festival, and bodies no bodies at Abbotsford Convent.
Panellists
Rita Arrigo
Rita Arrigo serves as the strategic engagement manager at the National Artificial Intelligence Centre, where she is focused on empowering the Australian AI industry. As a renowned digital and AI strategist, she cultivates innovation with emerging technologies including AI, generative AI, machine learning and mixed reality. She was appointed an AI Ambassador and advocates for ways that AI and XR can build better futures for our work and communities.
Jeff Williams
Jeff Williams brings over 20 years of experience in technology, including a decade as a leader in the arts and culture sector. A former NASA software engineer, he has guided organisations through transformative projects, including the adoption of emerging technologies. Now head of technology at ACMI, he shapes organisation-wide technology strategies and spearheads AI initiatives that drive education and innovative applications of machine learning in cultural operations and products.
Karen ann Donnachie
Karen ann Donnachie and Andrea [Andy] Simionato are an artist duo who have worked exclusively together in the expanded fields of computational art and design for over 30 years. They produce custom-built automated-art-systems, driven by A.I. and machine-learning, in order to uncover and explore new feelings in an age of computation. Their work is concerned with the shared futures of language, literature, and emerging technologies like AI and machine-learning.
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