Creating with AI: Blasphemy or the next creative revolution?

FULLY BOOKED: no tickets available | What does creativity mean in an age of smart technology? How is AI reshaping the creative process? Where can AI enhance new ideas and possibilities, and where do we draw the line?

Some still view AI as a threat to creativity. For this event, we have invited creative makers who, on the contrary, see AI as a powerful creative partner. We will present projects developed in collaboration with AI and, together with a panel of experts and with you, we will explore what the future of creativity might look like.
We will also take you through the latest developments in responsible AI initiatives that prioritise public values and human creativity. These developments open up new ways of collaborating with AI and demonstrate how technology can enhance creativity whilst humans remain the driving force behind the creative process.
Whether you’re a creative professional, an entrepreneur or simply curious about the future of AI: be inspired by this discussion on imagination, technology and the ever-changing relationship between human creativity and artificial intelligence.

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In this programme Christian Byrge Professor, PhD, spreker, auteur en vooraanstaand expert op het gebied van teamcreativiteit en door AI ondersteund creatief denken Marleen Stikker Oprichter, directeur en bestuurder van Waag Futurelab Inte Gloerich Critical media & technology researcher and cultural organizer Max Helmantel Co-Founder & CEA Kaires Stijn Smit Co-Founder & Head of Technology Kaires Caesar Schoorl Co-Founder WAISE AI & docent Artificial Intelligence Programma 15:00 - 15:10 | Walk in 15:15 - 16:00 | Keynote by Christian Byrge 16:00 - 16:10 | Q&A 16:10 - 16:25 | Marleen Stikker & Christian Byrge in conversation 16:30 - 17:20 | Panel with four creative makers (in two rounds) 17:20 - 17:30 | Closing 17:30 - 18:00 | Drinks and after talk in café Pakhuis

About the speakers

Christian Byrge is a professor at Vilnius University, a keynote speaker and the author of several books on creativity, creative thinking and team creativity. His research focuses on how AI can enhance human imagination, curiosity, originality and problem-solving skills.

Marleen Stikker is the founder, director and board member of Waag Futurelab in Amsterdam. Waag Futurelab encourages critical reflection on technology, develops skills in the fields of technological and social design, and promotes social innovation. Marleen leads the transdisciplinary team of designers, artists and scientists, utilising Public Research and Key Enabling Methodologies to enable people to participate in the collective design of an open, fair and inclusive future.

Panel discussion

Inte Gloerich is a researcher at the Visual Methodologies Collective at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. In her work, Inte critically and creatively explores the intersections of emerging technologies, culture, and power. Her work bridges theoretical inquiry with participatory and creative methods to explore technology through decolonial, feminist, and ecological lenses. She has a PhD in Media Studies from Utrecht University on blockchain imaginaries of truth. Currently, she is a postdoctoral researcher in the Slow AI project, which aims to foster critical, ethical, and sustainable relationships with AI and speculate alternative presents and futures with these technologies.

Max Helmantel, Stijn Smit & Caesar Schoorl are three young creators and former AD Smart Media production students at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, exploring how AI can help us not only work faster, but also create more mindfully. They are the founders of Kaires and are currently walking part of the Camino de Santiago as part of their project Back to Being for the MIND foundation. Along the way, they are using AI and voice control to build an app for the MIND Foundation. Their experiment revolves around a simple question: “If technology can do more and more for us, what is left that is truly worth creating?”

About the moderator

Tessa Mei Duzee is a researcher and lecturer in digital technology and ethics at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, the creator of the Ethical Toolkit and the developer of an online course on AI, ethics and law for professionals in the creative industries.

Teaser Keynote Christian Byrge

AI as a Creative Thinking Partner
Recent research shows that AI chatbots can be remarkably powerful in helping us discover new perspectives, challenge familiar assumptions, and generate those “why haven’t we thought of this before?” ideas.
But the real potential of AI may not emerge simply by asking it for answers. We may need to learn not only how to ask curious questions, but also how to facilitate a creative dialogue with AI where AI becomes a curious, challenging, and supportive thinking partner that expands our imagination rather than replacing it. This kind of creative dialogue requires us, as humans, to take responsibility for intuition, intention, critical thinking, and judgement in ways we may not be used to.
In this thought-provoking keynote, Christian Byrge, PhD and Full Professor at Vilnius University, explores how AI can be used as a “friend” in the creative process to strengthen the quality, originality, and depth of creative problem-solving. At the same time, the keynote addresses one of the most important questions of the AI age: how do we remain intrinsically motivated, deeply engaged, and in control of the creative process when AI becomes an active partner in our thinking?