As part of the Research Day at TH Köln, I will participate in a conversation on ‘artificial intelligence’ with many colleagues from all disciplines.

As part of the workshop The Art of AI: Narratives, Creativities, and Ethics, Matthias Grund and myself will present work done with Thomas Hawranke at the Max Planck Society’s Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz. Our talk is titled “Puppy Slugs, Vibes, and Visual Alignment.”

I am talking about ‘generative AI’ and how we try to develop ‘AI literacy’ in design at the AI Drivers Future, International Design Innovation Forum in Shanghai, China (online).

As part of the symposium “Artificial Intelligence in Design. Insights and Outlooks” at Hochschule Darmstadt, I will talk about “Unlearning the Hype.”

As part of the lecture series Research-based Learning at TH Köln’s Department of Cultural Sciences, Laura Wagner, Jakob Kilian and I are talking about “Artificial Intelligence in Design Teaching, Learning and Research.”

I am participating in a panel at IASDR 2023 in Milan, Italy, on scientific production in design. The panel addresses the question of publishing design (research): How is scientific production and publication in design renewing and transforming to better respond and serve to the needs of the research community and have a real social, politic and economic impact? How can design publication enable the emergent diversity of knowledge?

I will participate in a panel at Siegerlandmuseum in Siegen’s Upper Palace to discuss the changing role of artificial intelligence in art and culture with a group of experts.

The Department Research Day of the Department of Cultural Studies at TH Köln is dealing with ‘memory artefacts.’ I am talking about generative AI as active archives and how we can access them beyond prompt-engineering.