andcompany&Co.

Collective Intelligence at Work: Of Ants and Algorithms

With: Susanne Lang (organisational psychologist), Maximilian Prüfer (artist), Soenke Zehle (media theorist). Moderation: Alexander Karschnia (andcompany&Co.)

  • Podcast
German / 

Algorithms creep into our lives like pesky insects. The ant trail has become the model for every form of optimisation: the so-called ANT ALGORITHM ensures that our bubble is always filled to the brim with more of the same. This “explosion of intelligence” makes us humans look like monkeys compared to learning machines. Perhaps social insects can teach us how to think collectively and develop the general intellect foreseen by Marx. andcompany&Co. will speak with guests from the fields of art and science.

Cast

Editing: Harald Stojan

Dates

Past
Fri 14.1.2022, 17:00 / HAU4
To the event on HAU4

Credits

Production: andcompany&Co. and HAU Hebbel am Ufer.

Location

HAU4
Digital Stage

HAU’s digital stage

HAU3000 / Positions, Projects, Publications

The Glowing Room

Text by Hendrik Otremba.

An Introduction to “Collectivize Facebook”

By Jonas Staal

“Collectivize Facebook” is a lawsuit aimed to turn Facebook into public property, initiated by artist Jonas Staal and lawyer Jan Fermon. Read here Staal’s introduction to the project.

“Manifestos for Queer Futures”

Video Documentation

As part of the festival “The Present Is Not Enough – Performing Queer Histories and Futures”, HAU initiated an open call for artists based in Berlin, who were invited to submit proposals for their Manifestos for Queer Futures.