LINZ. Can artificial intelligence interpret emotions? The program of the Ars Electronica Center (AEC) Linz for home this week includes a lecture on artificial intelligence and emotions, but also a review of the life of Hannes Leopoldseder and a live concert. Ars Electronica Home Delivery can be checked at any time.
Joy, sadness, surprise, anger or fear – people can read a lot about the mood of the other person from the facial expression. The Ars Electronica Home Delivery will discuss whether artificial intelligence is also capable of this on Wednesday, February 24 at 2:30 p.m. Current facial recognition software such as the Affectiva app is examined in detail. Both advantages and dangers of this technology are shown and the facial recognition algorithm used is highlighted.
A life for Ars Electronica
The program continues on Thursday, February 25th with a look back at the last 40 years of Hannes Leopoldseder’s life. It starts at 5 p.m. live in Deep Space. Leopoldseder was jointly responsible for developing and setting up the Ars Electronica Festival, as well as being an honorary professor at the Linz University of Art and a journalist. He died on February 12th at the age of 80. On Thursday, Christine Schöpf, Jutta Schmiederer, Horst Hörtner and Gerfried Stocker, who walked a large part of the way in the AEC together with Hannes Leopoldseder, will take a look at key stages in his life.
A live concert by Maki Namekawa and Dennis Russell Davies is on the program on Friday, February 26th at 7pm. You can hear the Coriolan Overture and the Three Marches by Ludwig van Beethoven, among others. The piano music is accompanied by visualizations in real time created by media artist Cori O’lan. The concert will also be streamed on Facebook and Youtube, where the audience can use the comment function to speak to the artists or ask questions.
Videos to watch
The Ars Electronica Home Delivery program can also be viewed online. These have so far included lectures on Jan van Eyck and Gustav Klimt, discussions with scientists and artists about their work, as well as concerts and guided tours through various areas of the Ars Electronica Center. The offer aims to make the artistic and scientific discussion of the future accessible to a broad audience and is supported by Linz AG.
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