LASER Talks in Espoo, Aalto University: Artificial Creativity

Is artificial intelligence simply a tool, or does it possess creative capabilities?

Chaired by Professor Mark A. Runco

EVENT INFO

➔   When: October 3, 2024/4 PM / EEST (UTC +3) Helsinki

➔   Where: Hybrid: Marsio, Otakaari 2, 01250 Espoo, Finland and online: streamed live on Aalto University’s Youtube

➔   Access Info:  https://www.youtube.com/live/9IU33Iquhf4

➔   Website: https://www.aalto.fi/en/events/artificial-creativity-aalto-laser-talks

Is artificial intelligence simply a tool, or does it possess creative capabilities? Just a couple of years ago, artificial intelligence (AI) seemed like something out of science fiction to most of us. Today, large language models and generative AI are becoming integral to our everyday knowledge work.

SPEAKERS

The Artificial Creativity of AI is Very Different from the Authentic Creativity of Humans

Professor Mark A. Runco, Southern Oregon University & Aalto University (US)

Creative processes in the era of AI: perspectives of new media artists and computer scientists Project researcher Roosa Wingström, University of Vaasa (FI)

Impact and Uses of AI in Professional Settings Using a Co-cre-AI-tion Approach

Doctoral researcher Florent Vinchon, Université Paris Cité (FR)

Why Would a Screenwriter (Not) Use AI? Screenwriter Katri Manninen (FI)

SPEAKERS BIOS

Mark A. Runco Director of Creativity Research and Programming at Southern Oregon University 

Mark A. Runco is Editor in Chief of the Journal of Creativity and recipient of several Lifetime Achievement Awards for his research on creativity. His PhD is in cognitive psychology but his studies of creativity are also developmental, clinical, genetic, historical, and economic. His latest research examines the artificial creativity of AI. At the moment, Mark Runco is also Visiting Professor of Radical Creativity at Aalto University. https://www.markrunco.com

Roosa Wingström Project researcher, University of Vaasa

Roosa Wingström's current research interests involve the processes of creativity and knowledge creation in the digital age. Using AI as a case study, her PhD research explores the co-constituent relationship between humans and technology in creative work. Wingström is currently working in the Being(s) There(s) (BETH) project that studies how cutting-edge technologies can support creativity and innovation.

Florent Vinchon Doctoral researcher at Université Paris Cité (FR)

Florent Vinchon is working on assessing the creative skills of Generative Artificial Intelligences. Vinchon is studying people's perceptions of AI tools, as well as their actual skills. He supports a co-cre-AI-tion approach to creative tasks between humans and AI.

Katri Manninen Screenwriter

Katri Manninen is "Finland's most artificially intelligent screenwriter" and a doctoral researcher at Aalto University. Her dissertation explores the impact of using artificial intelligence in developing drama series concepts on the work, experience, and attitudes of seasoned screenwriters. Her objective is to discover, cultivate, and instruct methods for using generative AI to enhance the creativity, agency, and authorship of writers.

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The Leonardo/ISAST LASERs are a program of international gatherings that bring artists, scientists, humanists and technologists together for informal presentations, performances and conversations with the wider public. The mission of the LASERs is to encourage contribution to the cultural environment of a region by fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and opportunities for community building to over 50 cities around the world. To learn more about how our LASER Hosts and to visit a LASER near you please visit our website. @lasertalks