AI Democracy
Photo: Alexandre Silveira
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AI DEMOCRACY explores the tension between artificial intelligence and democratic processes. Political bots, deepfakes, AI election campaigns – as powerful tools of manipulation and propaganda, AIs seem omnipresent. But could it be different? Could AI also enable new forms of participation and decision-making?
In its new performance, Interrobang draws on the roots of democracy: the Greek polis. Ancient procedures such as ostracism, lotocracy and direct voting are revived by AI systems and brought to the stage. There, two performers and a creative coder meet. The audience can help determine the political agenda of the evening by raising their hands, speaking up or using their smartphones.
But are the decisions made with its help really well-founded and transparent? Where do we trust the seemingly neutral super-algorithms, where do we trust the human performers, and when do we trust ourselves as a collective? The audience, as a micro-society, explores and experiences AI politics in real time.
Credits
Concept: Interrobang (Till Müller-Klug & Nina Tecklenburg) Play Devising: Interrobang & Team Performance: Lukas Jakob Huber, Claudia Splitt, Künstliche Intelligenzen Dramaturgy: Anna Krauß, Lara Domke, Outside Eye: Nina Tecklenburg, Creative Coding & AI Video: Manus Nijhoff, Alexandre Silveira, Video Documentation & Trailer: Julia Elger, Stage: Sandra Fox Music: Friedrich Greiling Graphics: Jürgen Fehrmann Technical Direction & Lightning Design: Dirk Lutz Production Management: ehrliche arbeit – freies Kulturbüro, Sandra Klöss Collaboration Production: Lara Domke Company Management, Communication & Social Media: Jack Willenbacher PR: Tina Ebert.
A co-production with HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin. Funded by the Hauptstadtkulturfonds.