From Hype to Reality: AI in the Study of Art & Culture

This symposium brings together researchers working at the intersection of artificial intelligence, digital humanities, art history, and cultural studies. The aim of this event is to discuss the various aspects of contemporary AI technologies, particularly in relation to the study of art and culture. Through a series of presentations, the aim is to approach AI as both an instrument and object of cultural analysis, highlighting its capacity to reveal new patterns and forms of expression while investigating its epistemic limits, ethical implications, and embedded cultural assumptions.

The 2025 edition of From Hype to Reality: AI in the Study of Art and Culture extends the discussions initiated in the 2023 edition. The presentations are organized into four sessions that thematically examine representation and bias in AI systems, methodological innovations in digital cultural analysis, and critical perspectives on how AI structures cultural knowledge and creative production.

This event is organized in collaboration with the DSI Digital Humanities Community and the research project «The Canon of Latent Spaces: How Large AI Models Encode Art and Culture» (SNSF-funded Ambizione project).

When / Wann: November 26, 2025, 09:00 - 16:30

Where / Wo: Digital Society Initiative, Rämistrasse 69, 8001 Zurich

Language / Sprache:  English

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Organisation: DSI Community Digital Humanities & Co.

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