What can 160-million-year-old clay tell us about AI and ethics? Inside Es Devlin’s tech and pottery summit
Why it matters: The Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, Oxford University's largest building project, will open with an installation addressing AI ethics.
- Es Devlin organized the 'AI and Earth' conference, where participants from various fields discussed AI's impact while creating 360 vessels for an upcoming installation.
- Oxford University's Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities will host Devlin's installation, '360 Vessels,' and is home to the Institute for Ethics in AI, a key collaborator in the project.
- The installation '360 Vessels' by Devlin and Nico Muhly will feature the collaboratively made pots, arranged on circular tables, symbolizing 'a vessel for every degree of difference of point of view' during the center's opening festival.
Artist Es Devlin convened a unique summit at Oxford Kilns, bringing together AI researchers, artists, spiritual leaders, and tech experts to discuss AI ethics while collaboratively making pottery. This unconventional approach, inspired by monastic retreats, aims to foster common ground among diverse viewpoints ahead of the opening of Oxford University's Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities.
