Creative-AI research presented at ICCC’24

Our research team presented two projects at the 15th International Conference on Computational Creativity (ICCC’24) in Jönköping, Sweden. Gardening Frictions in Creative AI: Emerging Art Practices and Their Design Implications analyses Nordic artists’ frictional experiences with AI in art-making, and provide inspirations for how creative-AI tools could be designed with, and for, frictions. In a […]

Upcoming paper: Uncovering Challenges and Changes in Artists’ Practices as a Consequence of AI

Our short paper “Uncovering Challenges and Changes in Artists’ Practices as a Consequence of AI” will be presented as a part of the upcoming GenAICHI2024 workshop on May 11, 2024. Abstract: Artistic uses of AI technologies are fast gaining prominence in a number of creative domains. In this paper, we describe our preliminary research exploring […]

Presentation at Ethnomusicology conference in Cork

Our paper “Ethnographic Considerations and Critical Reflections on the Impacts of AI on Traditional Irish Music”, authored by Anna-Kaisa Kaila and colleagues at the MUSAiC team, Elin Kanhov and Bob L. T. Sturm, will be presented at the British Forum for Ethnomusicology & International Council for Traditional Music Ireland Joint-Annual Conference in Ireland University College […]

Panel on AI and Music at Museum of Artificial Intelligence

As part of the monthly MUSAiC meetups and in collaboration with Museum of Artificial Intelligence, Kaila moderated a panel discussion on AI and Music in Stockholm on February 21, 2024. The panelists included Avid Fayaz (KTH AI Society), Marit Woody (Music Publishers Association), Ernst Nathorst-Böös (Framtidigt, Reason Studios), Örjan Strandberg (SKAP) and Martin Tibblin (STIM, […]

Upcoming paper: “How to Make AI Artists Feel Guilty in a Good Way? Designing Integrated Sustainability Reflection Tools (SRTs) for Visual Generative AI” at ICCC (International Conference of Computational Creativity)

Our student-led study “Upcoming ICCC (International Conference of Computational Creativity) paper: “”How to Make AI Artists Feel Guilty in a Good Way? Designing Integrated Sustainability Reflection Tools (SRTs) for Visual Generative AI” has been accepted to the upcoming ICCC (International Conference of Computational Creativity) conference as short research paper.  Abstract “AI can be energy intensive, […]

Upcoming ACM IMX paper: “The Green Notebook – A Co-Creativity Partner for Facilitating Sustainability Reflection in AI Art Practices”

Our student-led study “The Green Notebook – A Co-Creativity Partner for Facilitating Sustainability Reflection in AI Art Practices” has been accepted to the upcoming ACM IMX conference as early-stage research paper. Abstract “AI is becoming increasingly popular in artistic work. Yet tools for calculating environmental impact of AI are more adapted for other contexts than […]

Research Advances in Environmental Sustainability and Creative-AI

Since September 2021, we have produced several publications related to the environmental impact of AI arts. This post collects and summarises our key advances in the domain. On the Environmental Impact of AI Art(s) A wide variety of creative practitioners are currently exploring the use of Ai in their work processes, for instance in poetry, […]

Workshop @ ICCC ’23 Conference: Fictional Abstracts: Ethics, Sustainability, and Creative-AI Futures

In June, we are organising a workshop at the ICCC ’23 conference on the theme “Fictional Abstracts: Ethics, Sustainability, and Creative-AI Futures”. The workshop invites participants to develop perspectives and sensitivities on the futures of AI-enabled computational creativity and to critically reflect on the assumptions, methods, and tools for enabling (and disabling) such futures, with a particular focus on questions of ethics and sustainability.