The fifth and final episode of Confirm Humanity \u2013 Epochenbruch on Freies Radio Salzkammergut<\/a> (editorial, production, and moderation: Mario Friedwagner) explores how AI is shaping art and culture. EXDIGIT researcher Christine Bauer<\/a> contributes insights from the music sector, focusing on recommender systems, fairness, and the societal impact of AI. The episode highlights how these technologies interact with creative practices and raise questions about fairness, intellectual property, and societal impact. First broadcast on 19 December 2025.<\/p>\n Key Topics The episode also includes contributions from: Interdisciplinary Perspectives Listen to the episode: Confirm Humanity \u2013 Kunst, Kultur und K\u00fcnstliche Intelligenz (Teil 5)<\/a> (in German) Art, Culture, and AI: Featuring Christine Bauer The fifth and final episode of Confirm Humanity \u2013 Epochenbruch on Freies Radio Salzkammergut (editorial, production, and moderation: Mario Friedwagner) explores how AI is shaping art and culture. EXDIGIT researcher Christine Bauer contributes insights from the music sector, focusing on recommender systems, fairness, and the societal impact of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1342,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exdigit-en","category-exdigit-aktiv-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exdigit.plus.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exdigit.plus.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exdigit.plus.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exdigit.plus.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exdigit.plus.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1348"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/exdigit.plus.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1352,"href":"https:\/\/exdigit.plus.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1348\/revisions\/1352"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exdigit.plus.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exdigit.plus.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exdigit.plus.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exdigit.plus.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nDrawing on her research, Christine Bauer discusses:
\n\u2022 Artist responses to generative AI: from experimentation to cautious adoption or rejection \u2013 reflecting different conditions across genres and roles
\n\u2022 Authorship and accountability: questions about data use, authorship, and accountability in AI-mediated creative workflows
\n\u2022 Recommender systems in music: how algorithms affect visibility, audience reach, and value creation across genres and markets
\nShe highlights the potential for AI to either reinforce existing inequalities or foster more inclusive, human-centered approaches \u2013 underscoring the relevance and impact of her research on fairness in algorithmic decision-making.
\nFurthermore, she offers insights from the music sector, describing a climate of uncertainty regarding generative AI. She observes diverse responses from artists: some experiment with AI, some cautiously adopt it, and others reject it \u2013 reflecting differing conditions across creative fields where generative AI affects groups unevenly.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Magdalena Reiter (Kulturplattform Ober\u00f6sterreich) on remix culture and practical uses of AI in cultural work,
\n\u2022 Matthias Wieser (University of Klagenfurt; UNIKUM) on artistic experimentation and theater as a laboratory,
\n\u2022 Manuela Naveau (Kunstuniversit\u00e4t Linz) on critical interventions in public space,
\n\u2022 Philipp Homar (WU Wien) on copyright and clarity about licensing, and
\n\u2022 Clemens Appl (University for Continuing Education Krems) on centering copyright on human creators.<\/p>\n
\nThe episode situates AI within broader debates about society, culture, and technology. It shows that engagement with AI in the cultural field extends beyond artistic output, affecting administrative workflows, accessibility, professionalism, and frameworks. In this sense, the episode emphasizes that importance of cultural perspectives in shaping how AI technologies are understood and integrated into society.<\/p>\n
\nSeries context: Confirm Humanity \u2013 Epochenbruch, Freies Radio Salzkammergut<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"