How can we evaluate GenAI as cultural technology?

#GenAI is cultural & social but most eval lean on technical benchmarks. In a new paper with 30+ researchers we introduce a framework that evaluates GenAI not only on performance, but on meaning

📖 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

#academicbluesky

📣 Tomorrow! Join us for the next AI & Society Salon – June 11 at 5 PM CET.

Marco Donnarumma brings performance art and movement research into strange encounters with sound, light, robotics and AI.

🗓️ June 11, 17h00 CET
➡️ Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/regaining-...

#CultureAndTech #AI #ArtAndTech

♦️ Our next #AI & #Society Salon is soon 🎙️ Join us on 11 June 17:00 CET for a Salon with Marco Donnarumma, performance artist and researcher.

We will discuss human body, tech and power.

Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/regaining-...

📢 Excited to share our #CHI2025 paper "Generative AI in Documentary Photography: Exploring Opportunities and Challenges for Visual Storytelling" by Lenny Martinez, Sarah Fdili Alaoui and myself.

➡️ Pre-print: hal.science/hal-04982451...

🚨 Event Update: New Date! 🚨
Our online Salon, a dialogue with @carolinesinders.bsky.social on #AI & #Society, has been postponed and will now take place on March 5, 6pm CET.

Info, registration, Zoom link: www.eventbrite.com/e/regaining-...

Previous salons: regainingpoweroverai.org/docs/salons/

Our next #AI & #Society Salon is soon 🎙️ Join us on 18 February 18:00pm CET for a Salon with @carolinesinders.bsky.social, artist and researcher.

Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/regaining-...

As #AI gains a growing space in creation and art, how are the public discourses on AI in the arts shaping creative work?

It what we investigate in a new paper with @katecrawford.bsky.social , @qveraliao.bsky.social, Gonzalo Ramos and Jenny Williams : arxiv.org/abs/2502.03940

This Wednesday 4 Dec! Join us for a discussion with Linda Dounia Rebeiz, artist, designer and writer. The discussion is online and participatory.

You can register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/regaining-...

We are organizing a third Salon with Linda Dounia Rebeiz to talk about her work and vision of #AI, #Art and #Technocapitalism.
🗓️ Dec 4, 5pm CEST
📻 Online, info and registration here: www.eventbrite.com/e/regaining-...
👥 w/ Gonzalo Ramos, Jenny Williams, @katecrawford.bsky.social & Vera Liao