DEBATES

Friday, October 5, 6–8 pm
Debate Robots and Avatars No. 1:
Ethics and Behaviours – of robots and avatars in real world usage
Introduction and moderation: Ghislaine Boddington (body>data>space)
Artists’ input to a specific question about ethics and behaviours in relationship to their work in the exhibition and how they see this relating to the “real world” evolving around us: Mey Lean Kronnermann, Michael Takeo Magruder, Niki Passath, Martin Hans Schmitt, Martin Bricelj Baraga.
Experts overview/comments: Jože Slaček, Istvan Szakats, Peter Tomaž Dobrila
Venue: Multimedia Centre KIBLA, Ulica kneza Koclja 9, entrance from Svetozarevska street, Maribor, Slovenia

Saturday, October 6, 7–9 pm
Debate Robots and Avatars No. 2:
Artificial Intelligence – evolutions in robotics and virtual worlds
Introduction and moderation: Ghislaine Boddington (body>data>space)
Context set-up/ present situation on AI/slide show: Noel Sharkey
Artists’ inputs on AI in relationship to their work in the exhibition; how they see this relating to the “real world” evolving around us and where will AI be in these worlds of representation 10 years from now: Louis Philippe Demers, Drew Baker, Marco Donnarumma, Ruairi Glyn
Experts: Istvan Szakats, Peter Tomaž Dobrila, Cameron Bobro, Denis Savkić
Venue: Multimedia Centre KIBLA, Ulica kneza Koclja 9, entrance from Svetozarevska street, Maribor, Slovenia