The “Una Europa Summer School” brought together doctoral researchers from across Europe to explore the intersections of artificial intelligence, creativity, and societal innovation. Organized within the framework of Una Europa, an alliance of leading European universities committed to fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and European cooperation in higher education and research, the program offered participants opportunities to attend workshops, engage in discussions, and collaborate on projects addressing contemporary challenges and future developments in AI.
As part of the Una Europa Summer School’s topic on “AI & Creativity” at University College Dublin, around 25 PhD candidates from diverse disciplinary backgrounds participated in the Magic AI Machine Workshop, inspired by Andersen and Wakkary (2019), an interactive and creative session led by Peter Sörries and Jacobe Klein from the Human-Centered Computing Research Group at the Institute of Computer Science, Freie Universität Berlin. The workshop invited participants to rethink artificial intelligence through the lenses of imagination and speculation. Rather than focusing on existing AI technologies or technical implementation, the session encouraged participants to critically explore alternative and preferable futures for AI. Drawing inspiration from speculative design, participants were challenged to create visions of AI that do not yet exist, but perhaps could.
Freie Universität Berlin