From memes and immortal jellyfish to small AI models as tools for storytelling, co-creation and archival exploration, this programme invites the audience to rethink the purpose and presumed inevitability of algorithmic technologies and to imagine ways forward that break with cycles of extraction, speed and optimisation.
The symposium Slow AI focuses on developing methodologies for reimagining AI and algorithmic systems. It is a project initiated by Mariana Fernández Mora and a collaboration between the Visual Methodologies Collective (HvA) and the Sandberg Institute (GRA). Over the past year, the Slow AI research project has unfolded across Material Playgrounds: collaborative sessions exploring divination, somatics, sound, storytelling and more.