Japan Media Arts Festival x MUTEK.JP

The symposium and showcase “Art & The Intelligent Machine” explored the impacts that AI has on various artistic practices. Taking place at Miraikan, the symposium went beyond common stereotypes of artificial intelligence and explored practical real-world approaches to this new and often misunderstood technology. Speakers included the likes of NTT ICC curator Minoru Hatanaka and AI researcher at Sony CSL Mica Spranger. The audiovisual showcase presented cutting-edge performance emerging out of the algorithmification of art including the Nao Tokui’s AI DJ Project, Ai.step, and algorave aficionado Renick Bell.