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An exhibition in the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, features ETH Zurich architects who show their vision of utopia - a vertical city built by drones, developed in 2012. Along with computer scientists, they have now populated the structure with autonomous avatars. ETH Social Media Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eth/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ethzurich/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/eth_en LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/school/eth-zurich/ https://www.ethz.ch

00:00 GREETING AND GATHER TUTORIAL 03:07 WORKSHOP + ARTIST INTRO 07:04 POSENET ACTIVITY WITH YASMIN 12:50 MAYA'S PRESENTATION 34:28 Q&A 53:32 OUTRO On Wednesday, Aug 16th at 1800 CEST, we had the honor of hosting Maya Man, who spoke on Navigating the Body + Self on the Internet with the AIxDesign Community! **About the event:** - In this talk, Maya Man shared her work translating self & body into pixels. Her background in dance has led her to projects that mix performance and computer vision to push our expectations for how bodies can be represented in the browser. In this session, Maya shared some of the projects she’s been working on with us, highlighting the ways she thinks about how we represent ourselves on-screen 🤳🏾 - [link to Eventbrite event](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ai-playground-navigating-self-body-on-the-internet-with-maya-man-tickets-385725714997?ref=eemaileventremind) **About the speaker:** - Maya Man is an artist, programmer, and choreographer. Her work considers the computer screen a space for intimacy and performance, focusing on the phenomenon of translating our offline selves into on-screen content. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Computer Science and Media Studies from Pomona College. She is currently pursuing an MFA in Media Art at UCLA in Los Angeles, California. - [https://mayaontheinter.net/](https://mayaontheinter.net/) - [@mayaontheinternet](https://www.instagram.com/mayaontheinternet/) **About AIxDesign:** We’re a community and extended network of people exploring the intersection of AI/ML and design. AIxDesign was born in 2020 as a Slack space to collectively nerd out on the convergence of these two disciplines, and have conversations around how to design critical, creative, and human(ity)-centered AI. For more info check out: [https://www.aixdesign.co/](https://www.aixdesign.co/) + [http://bit.ly/ai-design-subscribe](http://bit.ly/ai-design-subscribe) + [https://www.instagram.com/aixdesign.co/](https://www.instagram.com/aixdesign.co/) + [https://www.linkedin.com/company/aixdesign/](https://www.linkedin.com/company/aixdesign/)

00:00:00 INTRO 00:07:51 ComputationalMama's Presentation 00:17:23 Fingerp(ai)nting Workshop 01:22:45 Final Thoughts + OUTRO On Tuesday, Sep 6th at 1800 CEST, we had the honor of hosting [@computationalmama](https://www.instagram.com/computational_mama/), who taught a live workshop on fingerp(ai)nting with the AIxDesign Community! **About the event:** - In this workshop, @computationalmama introduced us to PoseNet + HandPose, real-time (hand)pose detection models, and taught us how to fingerp(ai)nt with words. 🤳🏾 - The talk was open to curious individuals and people from all fields and disciplines can follow along🪩 - [link to Eventbrite event](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ai-playground-learn-to-fingerpaint-with-words-registration-398866549587) **About the speaker:** - As a creative technologist, [@computationalmama](https://www.instagram.com/computational_mama/)’s work explores coding as a form of self-care and learning. She’s the co-founder of Ajaibghar Cultural Services, a consultancy for museums and culture projects, as well as the Program Lead for AIxD’s AI Playground. - See more at [https://computationalmama.xyz/](https://computationalmama.xyz/) **About AIxDesign:** We’re a community and extended network of people exploring the intersection of AI/ML and design. AIxDesign was born in 2020 as a Slack space to collectively nerd out on the convergence of these two disciplines, and have conversations around how to design critical, creative, and human(ity)-centered AI. For more info check out: [https://www.aixdesign.co/](https://www.aixdesign.co/) + [http://bit.ly/ai-design-subscribe](http://bit.ly/ai-design-subscribe) + [https://www.instagram.com/aixdesign.co/](https://www.instagram.com/aixdesign.co/) + [https://www.linkedin.com/company/aixdesign/](https://www.linkedin.com/company/aixdesign/)