Adrian Artacho:
WHAT DOES AI SOUND? HOW DOES AI SPEAK?
HOW DOES AI HEAR?

The sensuality of AI on stage

Release: 22.02.2024 on YouTube/Spotify
Expert: Adrian Artacho

Moderation: Elena Messner, Gabriele Schelle
Episode 1


We talk to Adrián Artacho about the sensuality of AI. How is the voice of a robot technically generated? What sounds can we work with? What happens technically when a robot listens? What experiences does Artacho have with interactive sounds in the performative space? What could an Atlas of (Under)water Sounds be? Which scientific theoretical texts do we want to deal with?


About the expert:

Adrian Artacho

 is a musician, composer and artistic researcher at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna in the field of performance technology. He is an active performer of live electronics – either solo or in various configurations, including visuals and digital musical instruments. In addition to his purely artistic work, Artacho has developed several science communication projects on behalf of the University of Vienna, including the international composition competition Sounds of Matter. He is also co-founder of the dance companies Tanz.Labor.Labyrinth and SyncLab Tanzkollektiv.


About the hosts:

Elena Messner

 is an award-winning writer and cultural scientist.

Gabriele Schelle

is a theatre director and author.


In this episode:

0:00 Intro

0:56 How is the voice of a robot technically generated?

3:34 Transforming voices

9:27 What are the characteristics of a possible posthuman art that emerges from the collaboration of human and non-human beings?

9:38 Quote from Hannah Link in AI Realities (Ed. Jordan/Groß, 2023)

10:03 What happens technically when a robot listens?

11:42 Experiences with interactive sounds

13:52 Atlas of (Under)water Sounds

17:27 Sound samples

18:49 Copyright and AI

20:30 Waste of AI resources

21:32 Quote: “Only the abandonment of the ideal of detached objectivity – which is only granted to certain bodies – allows us to move from an artificial logic of discovery to a conversation with the world” (cf. Haraway 1995b: 84)


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„Für die Beschreibung neuerer KI-Konzepte in der Robotik liegt es daher nahe, insbesondere posthumanistische Konzepte heranzuziehen, die ein Vokabular für veränderte Menschenbilder bereithalten. Der Begriff Posthumanismus beschreibt in diesem Zusammenhang unterschiedliche analytische und ethische Projekte, die im Zuge gesellschaftlich-technologischer Veränderungen auf eine Rekonzeptualisierung der Figur des Menschen abzielen.“ 

 

Hannah Link in KI-Realities (Hg. Jordan/Groß, 2023) 

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