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The State of Interim Symposium, organized by students from HFBK Hamburg and the University of Hamburg, brought together diverse perspectives on artificial intelligence, art, and technology, fostering interdisciplinary exchange. Featuring contributions from various disciplines—from artistic expression to programming—the symposium challenged dominant dystopian narratives about technology, offering fresh perspectives on the future of AI and human existence.
The anthology collected from the symposium covers a wide range of AI applications and delves into the complexities of human-machine interaction. Key topics include the biases inherent in AI construction, discussed by Nadja Verena Marcin and Ariana Dongus, the embodied challenges of AI in robotics, addressed by Ivan Iovine, and the political and industrial forces driving AI development, explored by Christopher Meerdo. These contributions provide critical reflections on how AI technologies shape both present and future human experiences.