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-- Experimental Informatics at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM).
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After more than 30 years of artistic and scientific activities in the field of Experimental Informatics at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM), including 20 years of Lab3 (http://interface.khm.de/) and 5 years of [ ] ground zero (https://ground-zero.khm.de/), we closed the lab on August 20, 2025.
We say thank you & good bye!
our publications during the last 5 years: https://ground-zero.khm.de/?vp_filter=portfolio_category%3Apublications
student & doctoral projects: https://ground-zero.khm.de/?vp_filter=portfolio_category%3Aprojects
...and our seminars @ KHM: https://ground-zero.khm.de/?vp_filter=portfolio_category%3Aseminars
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Archived Webpage of Lab3: https://interface.khm.de/
Archived Webpage of [ ] ground zero: https://ground-zero.khm.de/
Until 20 July, you have the chance to see the diploma theses of [ ] ground zero students Sayaka Kuramochi, Ting-Chun Liu, Benita Martis, Leon-Etienne Kühr, @wistoff@tldr.nettime.org and @cnrd@post.lurk.org as part of the KHM Rundgang:: https://ground-zero.khm.de/diplomas-2025/
watch the great talk from Dr. Abeba Birhane at the AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-AOgG6sc9Q&t=4828s
Thanks @abebab@scholar.social for speaking truth to power!
The AI for Good organizers tried to silence her. In her own words "One of the main concerns for them was that in one of the slides I had indicated "No AI for War Crimes", and it had logos of #Microsoft, #Amazon, #Google Cloud, #Palantir and #Cisco; they wanted me to remove that... while existing records clearly show that they are working with authoritarian regimes to provide cloud infrastructure and various technologies that are powering war and exacerbating injustice."
Read article "AI for Good [Appearance?]" by Dr. Abeba Birhane: https://aial.ie/blog/2025-ai-for-good-summit/
...below you'll find a screenshot of a modified version of another slide that shows how the organisers censored:
Künstlichkeit, #Krieg und Kritik – Störfall Hochschule
Read more: https://ground-zero.khm.de/kunstlichkeit-krieg-und-kritik-storfall-hochschule/
Podcast-Episode zur #Zivilklausel an der #KHM von Holger Elias, Jun 29, 2025
Toxische Männlichkeit verstehen – ChatGPT als Trainingspartner
Read more: https://ground-zero.khm.de/toxische-mannlichkeit-verstehen-chatgpt-als-trainingspartner/
Workshop by Benita Martis @ jfc Medienzentrum e. V., on request