Mediaradar: One and More Than Three Chairs: How AI “Sees” Things
Tuesday, 5th of May at 5 PM in Liivalaia library (Liivalaia 40)
How does the meaning of everyday objects change in the age of AI? The same chair can be touched, photographed, and described in words and then you can ask an AI to generate an image from that description. Where does reality get lost in this process, where do new meanings emerge, and why can AI be so confidently wrong?
In this workshop we’ll run a hands-on experiment inspired by Joseph Kosuth’s One and Three Chairs: we’ll compare the object, a photo, a text description, and an AI-generated image as different forms of representation. You’ll describe an object and see how AI interprets your description, try out generative tools, and observe how image-analysis services label and classify your photo.
What will happen:
- short introduction: why AI “sees” differently than humans
- task: observing and describing an object
- generating images
- inspecting “the artificial gaze”: labels, identified objects and level of confidence
- discussion: how platforms, titles and algorithms shape the context and expectations
What you will get:
- an understanding on how words, images and objects are connected in an AI-environment
- the skill to engage critically with AI descriptions and “confident” labels
- a practical experience based on real examples of prompts and image analysis
Bring: a smartphone (camera + internet).
Anna-Maria Vaskovskaja is a photographer and a specialist of media literacy. She has over 13 years of experience in the visual arts and photography fields, where she focuses on the understanding of the impact and interpretation of visual arts. In her workshops she helps to develop the skill to interpret information
The workshop will be held in English