The Future of Living

You can now relive The Future of Living symposium, curated by @jurij_krpan and @pauwl at @BozarBrussels with @EUNIC_Brussels and many amazing partners. See the videos and share your thoughts on #AI in the Living Document at thefutureofliving.eu youtu.be/PFgSOsVIVkk

Artists @AlexVerhaest @AMAZON_NATION and Bohdana Korohod created a mythical story of the birth of an #AI inspired by an Aimara legend from the land where Lithium is extracted #hackadeux @BozarBrussels @EUNIC_Brussels @kersnikova @STARTSEU

Robotics expert @_guillem_ and UX designer and artist Kristjan Jansen have worked on an interactive system based on face detection and analysis that reveals the algorithm’s biases #hackadeux @EUNIC_Brussels @BozarBrussels @kersnikova @STARTSEU

Artist @driesdepoorter played with Microsoft’s #NSFW AI-powered image analysis exposing the system to a lot of bananas @EUNIC_Brussels @BozarBrussels @kersnikova @STARTSEU

“With these projects we can foster different approaches to #AI than those of other speakers” Artist and creative coder @carreras_anna introduces the artistic projects created during the #hackathon @EUNIC_Brussels @BozarBrussels @kersnikova @STARTSEU

Co-curator @jurij_krpan opens the last session of the conference, the #hackadeux, with participants @carreras_anna @AMAZON_NATION @AlexVerhaest Bohdana Korohod, @_guillem_ @driesdepoorter and Kristjan Jansen @EUNIC_Brussels @BozarBrussels @kersnikova

“We must create a collaborative technology that helps us foster a collaborative society” Aleksandra Przegalińska @kozminski_uni @eunicbrussels @kersnikova @bozarbrussels

“We have several challenges related to the development of #AI in Europe: we need open data pools, large investments, and trust in technology” Aleksandra Przegalińska @PLInst_Brussels @kozminski_uni @eunicbrussels @kersnikova @bozarbrussels

Aleksandra Przegalińska unwraps the many fields rapidly developing in #AI @kozminski_uni @eunicbrussels @kersnikova @bozarbrussels

“Collaborative society is already there but we need institutions, NGOs, and governments to provide the framework for its development” Dariusz Jemielniak and Aleksandra Przegalińska @kozminski_uni @eunicbrussels @kersnikova @bozarbrussels

“Collaborative society is a new way of making things together with strangers through the use of technology” Dariusz Jemielniak and Aleksandra Przegalińska @kozminski_uni @eunicbrussels @kersnikova @bozarbrussels

Dariusz Jemielniak and Aleksandra Przegalińska open the afternoon session with a hybrid keynote speech on collaborative society @KozminskiUni @EUNIC_Brussels @BozarBrussels @kersnikova

“The challenge is to make the environment visible, whether it is pedestrian movement or air pollution for instance, to make it understandable” @XTroussard @EU_Bauhaus @BozarBrussels @EUNIC_Brussels

“We need innovation that efficiently connects cutting edge technologies with low-tech or no-tech solutions, as an enabler for what communities need” @XTroussard @EU_Bauhaus @EUNIC_Brussels @BozarBrussels

“We must consider global issues, but bring them to the local, because it is only there that transformation makes sense for people.” @XTroussard @EU_Bauhaus @EUNIC_Brussels @BozarBrussels

Identifying the uses of a city by analyzing the photos taken by locals and comparing them by those taken by tourists: a project presented by Eszter Dávida @EU_Bauhaus @EUNIC_Brussels @BozarBrussels

Architect and urbanist Eszter Dávida addresses the challenges of integrating #AI in urban planning @EU_Bauhaus @EUNIC_Brussels @BozarBrussels

Researcher @marko_grobelnik discusses our possible futures by observing “facts of the future” such as innovations, employments, investments, or media influences. @JSI_SLO @EUNIC_Brussels @BozarBrussels

“Maybe it should not be ‘I think therefore I am’ but ‘I surrender to technology therefore I am’” Christopher Schommer @BozarBrussels @EUNIC_Brussels

“Instead of #AI we should talk about IA, intelligent agents or assistants, which are focused on specific tasks” Christoph Schommer @EUNIC_Brussels @BozarBrussels @EU_Bauhaus