About #
This project initiated as part of the 2024 Microsoft Research AI & Society fellowship program, under the specific research challenge: “Towards Creative-Centered AI: Opportunities and Challenges at the Intersection of Creatives, AI, and Society”. The program aims to catalyze research collaboration between Microsoft Research and scholars and experts across a range of disciplines core to discussions at the intersection of AI and its impact on society. This research challenge was in collaboration with Sorbonne Université in Paris.
AI technologies are becoming more powerful at the same time as they are becoming more widespread and accessible. Their role in creative and cultural sectors, in turn, has become increasingly complex. On one hand, AI tools open new creative possibilities; on the other hand, the way they are built and deployed brings a range of potential harms, from economic impact on artistic labor to copyright violations. The intrusion of AI into the mainstream artistic sphere forces us to confront our vision of creativity itself.
Our objectives are the following:
- Investigate the impact of AI technologies, especially the recent advancement of large-scale generative models, on artists and creatives;
- Understand the creatives’ values, needs and concerns working with AI technologies through participatory and community-driven approaches; and
- Shape the future development of AI-based solutions by informing technologies, services, infrastructures, and policies to empower creatives’ capabilities, their social contract, and new emerging media.
People involved #
Leading team #
- Baptiste Caramiaux (CNRS researcher, Sorbonne Université, AI & Society fellow)
- Jenny Williams (Microsoft Research, senior content designer)
- Gonzalo Ramos (Microsoft Research, principal researcher)
- Kate Crawford (Microsoft Research, senior principal researcher)
- Vera Liao (Microsoft Research, principal researcher)
Collaborators #
- Vera van der Burg (artist, phd candidate at TU Delft)
- Téo Sanchez (LMU, post-doctral researcher)
Contact #
Contact us by sending us an email.