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   * Group 1: Stalder, Felix. 2025. “Das Gene­ra­tive der Künst­li­chen Intelligenz.” Geschichte der Gegenwart, January 19. https://geschichtedergegenwart.ch/das-generative-der-kuenstlichen-intelligenz/   * Group 1: Stalder, Felix. 2025. “Das Gene­ra­tive der Künst­li­chen Intelligenz.” Geschichte der Gegenwart, January 19. https://geschichtedergegenwart.ch/das-generative-der-kuenstlichen-intelligenz/
   * Group 2: Bender, Emily M., Timnit Gebru, Angelina McMillan-Major, and Shmargaret Shmitchell. 2021. “On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots: Can Language Models Be Too Big? 🦜.” Proceedings of the 2021 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency, March 3, 610–23. https://doi.org/10.1145/3442188.3445922.   * Group 2: Bender, Emily M., Timnit Gebru, Angelina McMillan-Major, and Shmargaret Shmitchell. 2021. “On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots: Can Language Models Be Too Big? 🦜.” Proceedings of the 2021 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency, March 3, 610–23. https://doi.org/10.1145/3442188.3445922.
 +  * Group 3: Steyerl, Hito. 2023. “Mean Images.” New Left Review, no. 140/141 (April): 82–97. ([[https://paul.zhdk.ch/pluginfile.php/334456/mod_folder/content/0/Steyerl_2023_Mean%20Images.pdf?forcedownload=1|PDF in Paul]])
 +
 ** **
 Positions in Art Schools** Positions in Art Schools**
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   * Official Position: "Critical Curiosity" https://www.zhdk.ch/en/ki   * Official Position: "Critical Curiosity" https://www.zhdk.ch/en/ki
 +  * Morzateum Salzburg: Lehren und lernen mit KI, https://www.moz.ac.at/de/studium/service-support/lehren-und-lernen-mit-ki
  
 **Oberlin College** ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberlin_College|WP]], [[https://www.oberlin.edu/admissions-and-aid/tuition-and-fees|Tuition]]) **Oberlin College** ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberlin_College|WP]], [[https://www.oberlin.edu/admissions-and-aid/tuition-and-fees|Tuition]])
  
   * Official Position [[https://www.oberlin.edu/ai|"2025-26: A Year of AI Exploration"]]   * Official Position [[https://www.oberlin.edu/ai|"2025-26: A Year of AI Exploration"]]
-  * [[https://oberlinreview.org/35718/opinions/luddite-club-implores-oberlin-to-opt-out-of-ai/|Luddite Club Implores Oberlin to Opt Out of AI]Oberlin Review, September 19, 2025, [[https://x.com/RemmeltE/status/2036999400619466888|X]]+  * [[https://oberlinreview.org/35718/opinions/luddite-club-implores-oberlin-to-opt-out-of-ai/|Luddite Club Implores Oberlin to Opt Out of AI]] Oberlin Review, September 19, 2025, [[https://x.com/RemmeltE/status/2036999400619466888|X]]
   * Kate Martin. [[https://oberlinreview.org/36055/opinions/if-oberlin-wont-stand-up-against-ai-who-will/|If Oberlin Won’t Stand Up Against AI, Who Will?]], Oberlin Review  October 10, 2025   * Kate Martin. [[https://oberlinreview.org/36055/opinions/if-oberlin-wont-stand-up-against-ai-who-will/|If Oberlin Won’t Stand Up Against AI, Who Will?]], Oberlin Review  October 10, 2025
  
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   * Knowing Machines [[https://knowingmachines.org/models-all-the-way|Analysis of the LAION-5B Data Set]]   * Knowing Machines [[https://knowingmachines.org/models-all-the-way|Analysis of the LAION-5B Data Set]]
-  * Adam Harvey [[https://exposing.ai|Exposion.ai]]+  * Adam Harvey [[https://exposing.ai|Exposing.ai]]
  
   * Mediengruppe Bitnik (2017) [[https://wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.bitnik.org/sor/|State of Reference]]    * Mediengruppe Bitnik (2017) [[https://wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.bitnik.org/sor/|State of Reference]] 
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   * Reinforcement Learning   * Reinforcement Learning
  
-=== Group Work ===+=== Group Work, part 1 ===
  
-What do we want from AI at an Art School?+**What do we want from AI at an Art School?**
  
-Write a first statement, short and manifesto style, using any tools you like.+Brain-storming session, list with as many possible points as you think of, not all of them need to be included in the next version.
  
 ===== Wednesday ===== ===== Wednesday =====
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   * Anderson, Barrett R., Jash Hemant Shah, and Max Kreminski. 2024. “Homogenization Effects of Large Language Models on Human Creative Ideation.” Creativity and Cognition, June 23, 413–25. https://doi.org/10.1145/3635636.3656204.   * Anderson, Barrett R., Jash Hemant Shah, and Max Kreminski. 2024. “Homogenization Effects of Large Language Models on Human Creative Ideation.” Creativity and Cognition, June 23, 413–25. https://doi.org/10.1145/3635636.3656204.
   * Shaw, Steven D., and Gideon Nave. 2026. “[[https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/yk25n_v1|Thinking—Fast, Slow, and Artificial: How AI Is Reshaping Human Reasoning and the Rise of Cognitive Surrender]].” Preprint, PsyArXiv, January 12.   * Shaw, Steven D., and Gideon Nave. 2026. “[[https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/yk25n_v1|Thinking—Fast, Slow, and Artificial: How AI Is Reshaping Human Reasoning and the Rise of Cognitive Surrender]].” Preprint, PsyArXiv, January 12.
 +  * Creation is Collective. In: Herndon, Holly, and Mat Dryhurst. 2024. //All Media Is Training Data//. Edited by Eva Jäger and Caroline Busta. Serpentine. p. 92/93
  
  
 +=== Group Work, part 2 ===
  
-=== Lateral Thinking === +**What do we want from AI at an Art School?**
-"Solving of problems by an indirect and creative approach, typically through viewing the problem in a new and unusual light." +
- +
-Oblique Strategies, by Peter Schmidt Brian Eno, 1975 +
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-=== Group Work, cont. === +
- +
-What do we want from AI at an Art School?+
  
-Rework Statement with Oblique Strategies+Choose the points you agree, and write a statement, you can use any tools you like, but in the end, it's your statement.
  
 ===== Thursday ===== ===== Thursday =====
  
-**Start at 11:00, lunch break at 13.30, end at 19:00**+**Start at 10:30, lunch break at 13:00, end at 19:00**
  
 === Sources of Normalization, cont === === Sources of Normalization, cont ===
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   * Gillespie, Tarleton. Custodians of the internet: platforms, content moderation, and the hidden decisions that shape social media. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2018.   * Gillespie, Tarleton. Custodians of the internet: platforms, content moderation, and the hidden decisions that shape social media. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2018.
   * Gray, Mary L., und Siddharth Suri. Ghost work: how to stop Silicon Valley from building a new global underclass. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019. (read [[http://www.its.caltech.edu/~haugen/Ghost-Work-reading.pdf|introduction, p. ix-xxiii]])   * Gray, Mary L., und Siddharth Suri. Ghost work: how to stop Silicon Valley from building a new global underclass. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019. (read [[http://www.its.caltech.edu/~haugen/Ghost-Work-reading.pdf|introduction, p. ix-xxiii]])
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 +
 +=== Lateral Thinking ===
 +"Solving of problems by an indirect and creative approach, typically through viewing the problem in a new and unusual light."
 +
 +Oblique Strategies, by Peter Schmidt Brian Eno, 1975
 +  * Brian Eno. How to Beat Creative Block. https://youtu.be/tURRSJ-q4bg
 +  * Brian Eno. On Being Alert. https://youtu.be/HyprPnn0rHg
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 +
 +
 +=== Group Work, part 3 ===
 +
 +Draw five cards from the deck, chose the one most productive for you and revise the statement following the strategy chosen.
 +
  
 — Kino Toni — Kino Toni
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 Ab 17:30 Uhr sind Tobias Fueter und Boris Eldagsen «zu Gast bei Cast». An unserem Panel «Bilder aus dem Prompt: KI zwischen Markt, Kunst und Verantwortung» treffen die zwei profilierten, konträren Positionen aufeinander, um das Spannungsfeld zwischen kommerzieller Anwendung und künstlerischer Intervention auszuloten. Moderation: Filmemacher und Forscher Manuel Flurin Hendry. Ab 17:30 Uhr sind Tobias Fueter und Boris Eldagsen «zu Gast bei Cast». An unserem Panel «Bilder aus dem Prompt: KI zwischen Markt, Kunst und Verantwortung» treffen die zwei profilierten, konträren Positionen aufeinander, um das Spannungsfeld zwischen kommerzieller Anwendung und künstlerischer Intervention auszuloten. Moderation: Filmemacher und Forscher Manuel Flurin Hendry.
  
-Weitere Informationen: https://cast.zhdk.ch/news/bilder-aus-dem-prompt-ki-zwischen-markt-kunst-und-verantwortung/ +More information: https://cast.zhdk.ch/news/bilder-aus-dem-prompt-ki-zwischen-markt-kunst-und-verantwortung/ 
  
  
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 https://thefilmverdict.com/about-a-hero/ https://thefilmverdict.com/about-a-hero/
  
-=== Group Work, cont. ===+=== Group Work, part 4 ===
  
-What do we want from AI at an Art School?+**What do we want from AI at an Art School? **
  
 Finish and presentation. Finish and presentation.
  
 **Feedback & End** **Feedback & End**
 +
 +**Additional Information**
 +
 +IEA (2025), [[https://www.iea.org/reports/energy-and-ai|Energy and AI]], IEA, Paris 
 +  * 2.0 Understanding the energy-AI nexus
 +  * 3.0 Energy demand from AI
 +  * 4.0 Energy supply for AI
 +
 +[[https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/17/microsoft-us-tech-firms-lobbied-eu-secrecy-rules-datacentre-emissions|US tech firms successfully lobbied EU to keep datacentre emissions secret]], The Guardian, UK, 17 Apr, 2026.
 +
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 +Ben Jordan //[[https://popwave.ai/benn-jordan/blog/data-centers-infrasound-health-risks|Data Centers' Hidden Health Hazard: The Infrasound Threat]]//, 20 Feb, 2026
  
  
  
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