Undercurrent: As Below, So Above brings together the work of Kat Austen, Lauren Moffatt and Siobhán McDonald developed during their participation in S+T+ART4WaterII in residence in Galway, Belfast and Dublin port.
The projects explore and reflect on ports as interdisciplinary liminal spaces for reimagining our entanglements with water, technology, and ecology.
Wednesdays – Sundays at The Substation, Dublin Port
‘The Ethics Studio’, will provide a drop – in space in which Beta attendees will be able to explore ethical questions surrounding digital technologies.
Here, visitors can explore how values, ideas, and methods shape the ethical design and development of innovations that impact our daily lives. Doubling as a live research environment, the studio also hosts ADAPT researchers studying how creative tools enhance our understanding of technology’s ethical dimensions.
The AI Art Assembly at Beta Festival brings together artists, researchers, cultural leaders, and policymakers to grapple with the challenges and opportunities of artificial intelligence in the arts.
Across curated roundtables, participants explore issues such as copyright and authorship, the ethics of data use, the climate costs of AI, and the changing nature of artistic labour.
Tired of seeing the same blue circuit boards or shiny white robots every time someone talks about AI? Then the “Remix your own better images of AI” workshop is for you.
During this hands-on workshop, we’ll use the Archival Images of AI Playbook >> a collection of image-making briefs, reusing and remixing techniques, and tips for navigating digital archives to create better images of AI.
Want to learn about data privacy WHILE having fun? Join us for our “Who Do They Think You Are?” table quiz. Test your knowledge about data brokers, online tracking and digital privacy in a fun, social setting.
Lucky’s, 78 Meath St, The Liberties, Dublin 8. Places are limited to 30 people (6 teams of 5). Reserve your spot at [Eventbrite link].
This panel discussion explores how real-life settings -such as festivals, university campuses or libraries- can be transformed as experimentation spaces for responsible AI development. As AI increasingly (re-) shapes our physical and social environments, questions of placemaking take on new urgency:
Who decides how AI is integrated into our public spaces? How much AI and which types of AI are socially acceptable?
As everyday life becomes increasingly datafied, the biases embedded in data-driven systems raise urgent concerns around discrimination and social inequality. While data literacy is widely recognized as essential for civic participation, less attention is given to approaches that foreground social justice. Critical DataLit responds to this gap by promoting data literacies that empower young people to critically analyse, reflect on and act against injustices in digital systems.
The event shares experiences from workshops with 15–16-year-olds, where speculative methods were used to explore social justice in the context of AI and data-driven technologies, highlighting the potential of creative approaches to foster inclusive and critical data literacies.
Every click, search, and online interaction leaves a digital footprint that’s tracked, monitored, and sold. But do you know who’s watching and what they’re doing with your data?
Join us across a series of connected events during Science Week to explore the hidden world of online tracking and discover the real-world implications of your digital life. Learn what’s being collected about you—and what it means for your privacy today and in the future.
Image: Jamillah Knowles / https://betterimagesofai.org / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Step back in time with a twist! Our vintage valve radio isn’t what it seems.
Powered by AI, this retro marvel will take you on a journey through the past, playing playlists from long-gone venues and forgotten eras. Experience how cutting-edge technology can breathe new life into the classics.
Think AI knows it all? Think again! Join our fun and interactive quiz to test the limits of artificial intelligence with a uniquely Irish twist.
We’ll show you images of iconic Irish items like Tayto crisps, Barry’s Tea, and the Spire, and ask simple multiple-choice questions to see if the AI can keep up. Discover the fascinating cultural gaps in AI models and find out how you can help build smarter, more culturally aware technology.
Ever wonder what happens when AI tries to speak Irish? Join us for an interactive game that explores the challenges of machine translation with the richness of the Irish language. We’ll translate classic Irish proverbs (seanfhocail) through AI systems, and you’ll guess the original.
It’s a fun and engaging way to see firsthand how cultural context and idiom can get lost in translation and how your participation can help improve AI for the Irish language.
Are you curious about how Artificial Intelligence (AI) and technology impacts your life?
Join Age-Friendly AI for a morning of tea, scones and discovery.
The Ethics Studio at Beta Festival is a welcoming space where your thoughts and experiences of technology matter. Whether you’re familiar with AI and technology or just a little curious, there’s something for everyone – no expertise needed!
Think you can spot the difference between human creativity and artificial intelligence? Join a fun and interactive challenge where you’ll try to distinguish between texts written by a person and those generated by an AI.
This is a fascinating way to get hands-on with generative AI and see how far the technology has come. Your participation will also help us with important research, offering valuable insights into how we perceive AI-generated content.
The ALGOWATCH project focuses on algorithmic and AI literacy and disinformation. It aims to highlight the ways in which algorithms and AI can be used to create disinformation and co-create interactive resources for use by media literacy professionals and young people.
Algowatch has worked closely with teachers, libraries and young people in four European countries to co-creative posters, a digital game and quizzes which aim to develop knowledge, skills and critical thinking about online information on topics like climate; health and well-being, democracy and online relationships. Play our interactive game in adventure or mini game mode and challenge your knowledge with one of our quizzes. Co-funded by Creative Europe.
Discover more about the Ethics Studio here
