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A behind-the-scenes look and chronological retelling of the Slow AI research project, approach, and activities.
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INDEX
To kick off the project, we hosted a community session, Seeding Alternative Narratives of AI, on January 25, to explore potential research directions.
Overwhelmed (in the best way) by the number of sign-ups, we reworked our plan to accommodate more people. We announced an open call in the community for facilitators to help hold space, resulting in a beautiful line-up of people: Shoutout to Andres Colmenares, Fred Wordie, Amritha Warrier, and Gustavo Nogueira de Menezes.
We loved how rich the discussion was - in the words of Alja, we could’ve easily kept going all day. After much deliberation while roaming around the beautifully chaotic Miro board, we chose to focus on three research streams:
🐜 Small AI
🔮 Esoteric AI
🐚 Ancestral AI
Through our open call for researchers, Natalia Stanusch joined us as our very own Esoteric AI witch, Gustavo Nogueira de Menezes time-travelled through Ancestral AI, and Nadia Nadesan explored the micro-verse of Small AI.
Our research leads hosted conversations with artists and researchers working in/around the questions and tensions of each research strand:
Nat even hosted a top-secret chat with Bogna Konior on AI, Angels and Female Erotic Mysticism on May 7, 2024. Sadly, we weren’t allowed to record that one, but it’ll live forever in our brains and hearts.