Location: Art Talks Area, Luxembourg Art Week
Language: English
Guest speakers:
Dr. Finola Finn, postdoctoral researcher, Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH), University of Luxembourg, (LU)
Dr. Donal Khosrowi, postdoctoral researcher, Institute of Philosophy, Leibniz University Hannover, (DE)
Caroline Sinders, Feminist and Critical AI designer, researcher, and artist (USA)
Modérateur : Cédric Kayser, expert culturel au département de la création et de la promotion artistiques ainsi qu’au service de l’innovation du ministère de la Culture (LU)
Generative AI systems that produce images from user prompts raise controversial questions about authorship, creativity, originality and copyright. Who is the creator of AI-generated images, and who should get credit for them? This talk presents a novel framework for understanding AI-generated content as inherently collaborative, demonstrating that creatorship comes in degrees and depends on the nature and significance of the contributions made by users, developers, training data contributors, and the AI systems themselves. By reframing these debates through the lens of distributed creativity, we can develop more nuanced and equitable approaches to crediting creative work in an increasingly AI-mediated artistic landscape.
Biographies
Finola Finn is a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Contemporary and Digital History, University of Luxembourg. After completing her first degree at the University of Melbourne, she undertook a PhD in history at Durham University. Her research branches into two key areas: the medical and religious history of early modern England, and the epistemological and ethical implications of using AI in historical and creative practices. Her work can be found in such publications as The Historical Journal, AI and Ethics, and Where Words and Images Meet.
Donal Khosrowi is a postdoctoral researcher in philosophy of science and technology at Leibniz University Hannover. His work explores epistemological and ethical aspects of AI/ML in science and society. His current research focuses on how AI puts pressure on basic concepts we use to understand science and creative practice: what does it mean to be an ‘author’, ‘creator’, or ‘discoverer’ in the age of AI? He has led two exploratory grant projects investigating these issues, and has published widely in leading journals including Philosophy of Science, Synthese, and American Philosophical Quarterly.
Caroline Sinders is an award winning critical designer, researcher, and artist. They’re the co-founder and executive director human rights research and technology lab, Convocation Research + Design. For over the past decade, they have been examining the intersections of human rights, artificial intelligence, intersectional justice, harmful design, and systems in technology and digital platforms. They’ve worked with the Tate Exchange at the Tate Modern, the United Nations, the UK’s Information Commissioner's Office, the European Commission, Ars Electronica, the Harvard Kennedy School and others. Caroline is currently based between London, UK and New Orleans, USA.
