Dear all,
I am pleased to invite you to the two-day online workshop on “Agency, Life, and Creativity” . Registration is free of charge and everybody is invited to participate. The workshop is funded by the Karst Stiftung, University of Konstanz and organised by Dr. Caterina Moruzzi, Department of Philosophy, University of Konstanz.
**When**
18-19 February 2022
**Where**
Online, on the platform Zoom. To register, please contact the organiser at [log in to unmask]
**Description**
This workshop brings together experts from different disciplines - philosophy, computer science, and the arts - who share an interest for one or more of the notions of agency, life, and creativity. Its aim is that of discussing the reciprocal influence that these notions have on one another when we attribute them to natural or artificial systems. Talks have been grouped under four main titles: `The Nature of Creativity', `New Paradigms of Creativity', `Life and Learning in Artificial Agents', and `Artificial Agents and Scientific Discoveries'. The influence of the questions asked during each presentation, however, extends beyond its own section, to involve cross-disciplinary and cross-thematic discussions on the nature of agency, life, and creativity, and their implementation in artificial systems.
**Program**
Friday 18 February 2022
09:40-09:45 Opening remarks
The Nature of Creativity
09:45-11:15 Dr. Ulrike Pompe-Alama, University of Stuttgart “Sorry, I didn’t mean to make you laugh!” On the Role of Intent in Creativity
11:30-13.00 Prof. Geraint Wiggins, Vrije Universiteit Brussel & Queen Mary University of London, Creativity, Meaning and Consciousness: A Challenge to Artificial Intelligence
New Paradigms of Creativity
13:45-15:15 Liat Grayver, Artist, Holistic Technologies - Algorithm for the Body and Mind
15:30-17:00 Prof. Dr. Oliver Deussen and Marvin Gülzow, University of Konstanz, e-David: How Painting Strategies Influence Creativity in Robotic Painting
Saturday 19 February 2022
Life and Learning in Artificial Agents
09:45-11:15 Prof. Dr. Claus Beisbart, University of Bern, How Much Life in “Game of Life”? On the Possibility of Computer-based Artificial Life
11:30-13.00 Prof. Dr. Justus Piater, University of Innsbruck, Learning as a Creative Process in Humans and Machines
Artificial Agents and Scientific Discoveries
13:45-15:15 Prof. Stephen Muggleton, Imperial College London, Is Science a Game?
15:30-17:00 Dr. Caterina Moruzzi, University of Konstanz, Creativity and Agency in Artistic Processes and Scientific Discoveries
**Inquiries**
For further information, please contact [log in to unmask], or go to the website of the event: https://www.philosophie.uni-konstanz.de/ag-mueller/online-workshop-on-agency-life-and-creativity/
Best regards,
Caterina Moruzzi
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