Kick-off event KI Salon: Experience artificial intelligence

Can artificial intelligence create tasteful works of art? - Find out for yourself and experience artificial intelligence!

On October 21 and 22, 2022, the KI Salon will officially open its doors at Maschinenfabrik Heilbronn. In the cultural center in Heilbronn's Bahnhofsvorstadt, the KI Salon offers a look behind the scenes of AI with an AI exhibition, discussions by experts, workshops and more. Art, culture and education are the key elements that make access to the world of artificial intelligence unique and understandable. You can also expect selected food from Nosh't and an after-networking event every evening at Nosh't or Neckarstüble Heilbronn. We look forward to seeing you! The event can be attended with registration at any time during the event.

Free registration is necessary due to Covid.

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The program

Friday, 21.10.2022

• 16:00 - 16:30 - Admission and champagne reception

• 16:30 - 16:45 - Official opening, Thomas Bornheim, Harry Mergel, Reinhold R. Geilsdörfer

• 16:45 - 16:55 - Keynote: What is art and why do we love it? - perspective from an AI researcher building AGI, Jonas Andrulis

• 16:55 - 17:00 - Opening of the exhibition, Thomas Bornheim

• 17:30 - 17:45 - Talk: AI & Society, Nicola Marsden

• 18:00 - 18:15 - Talk: Change in cancer therapy through artificial intelligence, Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c. Uwe Martens (cancer specialist and Director of the Clinic for Internal Medicine III - SLK Klinik GmbH)

• 18:30 - 19:30 - Workshop: Generative art with Paper.js (from 14 years): How do art and programming actually go together? In a short one-hour introduction, you can become a coding artist yourself. No previous knowledge necessary. (15 places available - without registration), Creative Technologist Sabine Wieluch (Bleeptrack)

• 20:50 - 21:00 - Closing of day 1, Thomas Bornheim

• 21:00 - After-Party, Location: Nosh't Heilbronn (within 3 minutes walking distance)

 

Saturday, 22.10.2022

• 14:00 - 14:15 - Admission

• 14:15 - 14:30 - Welcome by the KI Salonists: The KI Salon, Thomas Bornheim and team

• 15:30 - 16:15 - Workshop: Composing music like Bach with AI - The workshop will explain what you need to do today to create an AI that composes. Together we will look at the most important building blocks and also take a look at the programming. Programming skills are not required. A technical curiosity is enough. If you want to actively participate, it is best to bring your own notebook and Google account. (15 places available - without registration), Dr. Tristan Behrens

• 16:30 - 16:45 - Talk: AI & Design - When mediation concepts become didactics, Nicole Ondrusch, Dagmar Korintenberg, Patrick Hanselmann and Alex Heinitz

• 17:00 - 17:15 - Talk: The First Rule of AI: Hard Things are Easy, Easy Things are Hard, Sven Körner (thinksTHINKING GmbH)

• 17:30 - 17:45 - Talk: The AI Salon and the role of the Artist in Residence, Thomas Bornheim, Sabine Wieluch and Dr. Tristan Behrens

• 18:00 - 18:15 - Talk: Daring the unknown! When ART, TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION meet. We often hesitate when something new or unknown appears in our lives. Is it good? Is it safe? Is it worth replacing the things we already know and deal with? Whether it's artificial intelligence or exploring something new, in this creative tech talk you'll learn why taking a chance on the unknown can lead to a success you never expected, yet blossoms before your eyes! - Agalya Jebens (SkySpirit GmbH)

• 18:30 - 18:45 - Talk: Artificial intelligence - game changer or short-term hype - You might think that artificial intelligence is the solution for every conceivable task and will be indispensable in all areas of life in the long term. From controlling self-driving cars, conducting financial transactions, controlling and monitoring homes and heating systems to editing and designing images. On the other hand, AI is developing so quickly that it can be scary to see where this development will lead. Using image processing as an example, the talk will highlight both the opportunities and limitations of artificial intelligence and dispel some of the myths surrounding the technology. - Patrick Schick (IDS GmbH)

• 19:00 - 19:15 - Talk: "The world's first AI internship" - The art project "Professorin Kaffeemaschine" by Berlin artist Alexander Iskin & the AI agency Birds on Mars develops an art-critical robot in a process of metamorphosis analogous to human life - from the cradle to the grave. In July, the world's first AI internship began at the Erlangen-based company Defacto. In this impulse, we report on the project in general, the experiences from the internship and future plans. - Hartmut Wilke and Alexander Iskin (Birds on Mars GmbH)

• 19:30 - 19:45 - Discussion round: "Alter Ego" - New forms of self-perception through AI, Dr. Johannes Stelzer and Mirko Franjic (Lunar Ring)

• 20:50 - 21:00 - Closing of day 1, Thomas Bornheim

• 21:00 - After-Event, Location: Neckarstüble Heilbronn (within 3 minutes walking distance)