The Hmm ON Co-Creation with AI: Workshop

🚦 We are sold out on tickets for this workshop, please send us an email to eva@thehmm.nl if you want to be put on the waiting list. Tickets for the evening program are still available, they can be purchased here 🚦

Talking with AI chatbots can take an eerie turn, like when a chatbot declared its love to a New York Times columnist and tried to convince him to leave his wife. But it is important to understand that these digital entities aren’t humans with thoughts and feelings. In fact, a lot of AI chatbots are based on Large Language Models (LLMs) that some researchers have labelled “Stochastic Parrots”, with the algorithm using randomisation to merely remix existing human-authored sentences. 

During this special full day program it is time to reflect on AI and take on some new approaches to co-creation. Join us for a workshop with artist, researcher, and filmmaker Martijn van Boven, followed by an evening prompt battle and lecture with Mariana Fernández Mora.

Workshop: Meet Your Stochastic Sloth

What if we challenge the Stochastic Parrot with its fictional nemesis, the “Stochastic Sloth”? This practice-based workshop proposes a more intriguing way to approach the rapidly changing technology of LLMs. Together with artist and researcher Martijn van Boven, we will dive into the use of artificial language as an artistic toolset. But first we will look briefly into the history of similar technological breakthroughs, such as electronic music, computational poetry, and digital arts, and discuss the applications of LLMs, such as GPT-4, and the current possibilities within the creation of digitally native art. Join us to broaden your own practice with experimental approaches to co-creating with AI.

We encourage participants from a wide-range of artistic backgrounds, who are already incorporating or thinking about incorporating these tools into their practice, to join. Basic programming knowledge and experience with tools such as DALL·E, Stable Diffusion, and ChatGPT is a bonus, but not required to take part.

This workshop is for a maximum of 15 participants. ☕ Snacks and drinks will be provided throughout the day 🍪

🗓 Date: Friday 19 May 2023
🕢 Time: 14.00 – 18.00
📍 Location: SPUI25, 1012 WX, Amsterdam
🎟 Tickets: workshop €15, – / evening program and workshop €20

🚦 We are sold out on tickets for this workshop, please send us an email to eva@thehmm.nl if you want to be put on the waiting list. Tickets for the evening program are still available, they can be purchased here 🚦

The Hmm ON …

The Hmm ON is a series of hybrid focus events in which we reflect on playful, serious, and sometimes disturbing developments in internet culture.

💜 This event is developed by The Hmm in partnership with the Institute of Network Cultures, and is kindly supported by the Creative Industries fund and Amsterdam Fund for the Arts.