Welcome to ‘‘AI Demo’’ – an online teaser for our theatre play, where you can take a direct stance on the topics of artificial intelligence and democracy.
Answer a few questions and find out what your preliminary position would be in a possible AI democracy.
The demo starts after clicking on the image.
(Only available in German.)
“AI Democracy” transforms the stage into a digital polis: political bots, deepfakes and AI election campaigns encounter ancient decision-making processes. Performers, audience and a creative coder come together in a live experiment about manipulation, participation and the future of democracy.
“AI Democracy” explores the tension between artificial intelligence and democratic processes. Political bots, deepfakes, AI election campaigns – as powerful tools of manipulation and propaganda, AIs seem omnipresent. But could it be different? Could AI also enable new forms of participation and decision-making? In its new performance, the Berlin-based group Interrobang draws on the roots of democracy: the Greek polis. Ancient procedures such as ostracism, lotocracy and direct voting are revived by AI systems and brought to the stage. There, two performers and a creative coder meet. The audience can help determine the political agenda of the evening by raising their hands, speaking up or using their smartphones. But are the decisions made with its help really well-founded and transparent? Where do we trust the seemingly neutral super-algorithms, where do we trust the human performers, and when do we trust ourselves as a collective? The audience, as a micro-society, explores and experiences AI politics in real time.
Note:
From 9 December at HAU4: “AI Demo,” the teaser tool for the stage performance “AI Democracy”
16.–18.12.: Performance in German
19.12.: Performance in English
We kindly ask you to bring a fully charged smartphone to the performance if possible. Alternatively, if required, a limited number of tablets can be borrowed at the venue for a deposit.
Concept: Interrobang / Play development: Interrobang & Team / Performance: Lukas Jakob Huber, Claudia Splitt, Künstliche Intelligenzen / Dramaturgy: Anna Krauß, Lara Domke / Outside Eye: Nina Tecklenburg / Creative Coding & AI Video: Manus Nijhoff, Alexandre Silveira / Video documentation & trailer: Julia Elger / Equipment: Sandra Fox / Music: Friedrich Greiling / Graphic design: Jürgen Fehrmann / Technical direction & lighting design: Dirk Lutz / Production management: ehrliche arbeit – freies Kulturbüro, Sandra Klöss / Collaboration production: Lara Domke / Company management, communications & social media: Jack Willenbacher / Freelance communications & PR: Tina Ebert
Production: Interrobang. Co-production: HAU Hebbel am Ufer. Funded by: Hauptstadtkulturfonds.
During certain scenes of the performance, the audience will be filmed live and some of the video material will be modified by AI. These recordings will not be stored, and all data will be deleted after the performance.
The performance includes the use of fog, rapid image changes, and the abstract depiction of violence and war scenarios.
