Stanford Program Explores Mutual Accountability of Art and AI
Michele Elam, who holds the William Robertson Coe Professorship in the Humanities and serves as the associate director of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI), contends that there exists a symbiotic connection between art and AI. She references the response of Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri to an episode of 'Black Mirror' as a case in point. In Spring 2021, Elam will introduce a new undergraduate course titled ART + AI, which will examine how art can reveal biases in AI, highlighting Joy Buolamwini from the Algorithmic Justice League. Additionally, AI is transforming the art world, exemplified by Christie's auction of the AI-created 'Portrait of Edward Bellamy.' Elam advocates for collaboration between artists and engineers, with the HAI visiting artist program fostering this intersection through speaker series and experimental labs.
Key facts
- Michele Elam is the William Robertson Coe Professor in the Humanities and associate director for the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI).
- Elam developed a visiting artist program at HAI and will teach a new undergraduate course, ART + AI, in Spring 2021.
- Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri was influenced by a 'Black Mirror' episode to experiment with pulling 'likes'.
- Joy Buolamwini, founder of the Algorithmic Justice League, uses art to explore algorithmic bias and the 'coded gaze'.
- Christie's auctioned an AI-generated 'Portrait of Edward Bellamy'.
- The exhibit 'Recoding CripTech' was curated by Vanessa Chang and Lindsey D. Felt at SOMArts in San Francisco.
- TeamLab's 'Borderless' is an AI-enabled immersive experience.
- HAI's visiting artist program will host artists working at the intersection of art and AI.
- The ART + AI course will include speaker series and experimental arts labs for undergraduates.
- Elam hopes to demonstrate how arts can engage with urgent social questions on emergent technologies.
Entities
Artists
- Michele Elam
- Adam Mosseri
- Joy Buolamwini
- Vanessa Chang
- Lindsey D. Felt
Institutions
- Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)
- Algorithmic Justice League
- Christie's
- SOMArts
- TeamLab
- Stanford University
Locations
- Stanford
- San Francisco
- United States