Exploring the potential for Creative AI: Workshop

Creative Informatics

Join us at DCA to discuss and explore how creatives in Scotland are working with  AI, and what support they need to develop further.

Dundee Contemporary Arts

Exploring the potential for Creative AI

Do you use, or are you interested in using, Artificial Intelligence or Machine Learning for creative purposes? These upcoming workshops will help us gather data and insight to understand how best to support innovation in AI / machine learning.

Do you use or are you interested in using Artificial Intelligence or Machine Learning for creative purposes?Through its Creative AI Demonstrator project, Creative Informatics is looking to explore the potential for Creative AI in Scotland. We will use data and insight gathered at this workshop to understand how best to invest resources to support innovation in AI / machine learning.We'd love you to join this workshop if:<ul><li>You use AI (machine learning, neural nets, deep learning) at any stage in the creative process</li><li>You work in the arts and are interested in working with AI</li><li>You are bringing AI into your creative practice</li><li>You are developing new products or ideas with AI</li></ul>We particularly welcome participants with a range of diverse perspectives who are undertaking creative work or running creative businesses that use data and new technology. Draft schedule:Welcome and introductionIcebreaker tasksTask 1 – Design an creative AI project / toolBreakTask 2 – What resources are needed?Reflections and wrap-upThe workshop will be followed by a showcase of AI-driven performances (5.30-7.30pm). Don't forget to sign up for our showcase event after the workshop <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/692338151047?aff=oddtdtcreator">here</a>A﻿s a thank you for your time and expertise, every workshop participant will receive a £25 voucher. This workshop is part of Creative Informatics Creative AI Demonstrator Project, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS), to explore the potential for using AI, and specifically Creative AI, in the creative industries in Scotland. For more information about the project, please visit our <a href="https://creativeinformatics.org/news/take-part-in-our-creative-ai-demonstrator/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">website</a>.

CostsWe want to ensure that our project engages with a broad network and will try to remove any barriers to attendance that you might face. We are able to offer participants the following reimbursements: Travel expenses up to £30 Care costs (such as childcare) up to £70 Reimbursements will be made after the event on production of appropriate receipts/invoice. Please note that university payment terms are 30 days. If you are self employed and facing a loss of income that will not be covered by the above, please get in touch creativeinformatics@ed.ac.uk and we can chat through options. Access Please let us know if you have any access or dietary requirements that would help you to feel more comfortable and able to join this event. This could include things like seating close to the front for visibility, a requirement for parking or access to a quiet space. Please email creativeinformatics@ed.ac.uk with any comments or questions. Dietary We will provide catering for a range of dietary requirements. Please answer the questions at the booking stage to help us order appropriately and email creativeinformatics@ed.ac.uk with any comments or questions.

About Creative InformaticsFunded by the Creative Industries Clusters Programme managed by the Arts &amp; Humanities Research Council as part of the Industrial Strategy, with additional support from the Scottish Funding Council. The programme is part of the City Region Deal Data Driven Innovation initiative.Data ProtectionIn providing your completed registration response you are giving explicit consent for us to use this data in our programme monitoring and reporting processes. The data is managed confidentially. Your data will be held and used by the Creative Informatics delivery team based at the University of Edinburgh with some data shared with our funders the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the Policy and Evidence Centre based at Nesta. Your data will only be reported in anonymous aggregated forms and will always be processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and therefore also in accordance with the General Data Protection Act 2018 and therefore also in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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