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Artificial Imagination: Exploring the Convergence of Arts and AI
Mark your calendars for the return of Wisconsin’s largest festival! Spanning the entire state, the 13th Wisconsin Science Festival is bigger than ever. From October 16 – 22, the festival will explore everything under the sun and moon with a variety of activities that include library events, take-home kits, lectures, film screenings, book talks, nature outings, and virtual programs, most of which are free and all of which are appropriate for all ages.
The Science Festival is honored to have Division of the Arts Director Chris Walker helming this year’s installment of the popular “Big Ideas for Busy People” event, which has been a fixture at the festival since 2014. In “Am AI Art Too? – How AI is Transforming the Creative Process,” Walker will explore how rapid technological advancements have propelled art and creative expression into new territory.
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The creative industries are fighting back against UK government proposals to let artificial intelligence companies use copyright-protected work without permission.
The latest protest is a silent album co-written by more than 1,000 musicians, including Kate Bush, and follows a statement signed by 48,000 creatives including Abba’s Björn Ulvaeus in which they warned of a “major, unjust threat” to artists’ livelihoods.
Artificial Intelligence
Kate Bush, New Order, & Damon Albarn Among 1,000 UK Artists Protesting Government’s AI Stance With A Silent Album
Last week, the UK government proposed a new policy that would allow tech companies to use copyrighted works to train their artificial intelligence algorithms. Under the proposal, artists and companies could opt out of having their material used for AI, but it would otherwise give the companies unfettered access to people’s creative work without having to license anything. The proposal has incited widespread anger in the UK’s arts communities, and now a team of 1,000 British musicians has released a silent protest album called Is This What We Want?
Writers, publishers, musicians, photographers, movie producers and newspapers have rejected the Labour government’s plan to create a copyright exemption to help artificial intelligence companies train their algorithms.
In a joint statement, bodies representing thousands of creatives dismissed the proposal made by ministers on Tuesday that would allow companies such as Open AI, Google and Meta to train their AI systems on published works unless their owners actively opt out.
