Kultur und Künstliche Intelligenz - Forum Kultur des KunstSalon

In the organizer's words:

Musicians such as Stevie Wonder and Billie Eilish see human creativity endangered by AI. They were recently joined in their protest by over 200 prominent musicians, who wrote in a letter that the "predatory use" of artificial intelligence is stealing the voices of professional artists, violating the rights of creators and destroying the "music ecosystem".

The culture shock - one million users were reached just five days after the launch of Chat GPT and the meteoric rise of Chat GPT could have been a turning point for AI - for the first time, it could be experienced by many people and the use of artificial intelligence was tangible at all levels of society. At the same time, the possibilities trigger great fascination as well as great concern about the effects at all levels of society when it comes to the possibilities and challenges of artificial intelligence.

We want to discuss the risks and opportunities of artificial intelligence for culture. After discussing the effects on authorship, creativity and new aesthetic possibilities in the first episode, we want to focus on the problematic consequences of AI for the creative industries.

Will many professions in the cultural sector soon be redundant? Can't programs like Chat GTP proofread, correct, create chic graphics, create remarkable works of art and compose music much better, faster and more efficiently? What legal conditions are changing - think of the strikes by American screenwriters and lawsuits by authors who are fighting against the free use of their works to feed the programs? And now the protest from the music industry. In addition to legal issues, we also want to look at the concerns of many creatives about developments on the labor market: Is there a clear cut in the creative industry and will everyone now have to look for a new job? So what can we do?

We are joined by:

Matthias Hornschuh, composer and spokesperson for creatives in the "Copyright Initiative"

Beka Bediana, actor and board member of the trade union "Bundesverband Schauspiel"

Dr. Kerstin Bäcker, lawyer, specialist lawyer for copyright and media law

Moderation: Sebastian Wellendorf

Price information:

Free admission, registration required at: ticket@kunstsalon.de