Nacht der Ideen

Launched by the French Institute in 2016, the Night of Ideas has become a worldwide project that invites leading French and international researchers, artists, civil society representatives and audiences to tackle the latest ideas and major issues of our time. On 14 May, the Night of Ideas returns to Austria in cooperation with the AIL.

Following the Paris IA Action Summit, this year’s edition will be dedicated to the impact of artificial intelligence on art, society and information in the digital age. In an evening including short film screenings, discursive formats and round tables, leading voices from France and Austria are invited to discuss the issues of AI-generated art, distrust in science, disinformation and fakes.

While misinformation is not a new phenomenon, it is now taking on an unprecedented scale.

By reshaping our relationship with images, knowledge and history, the power of generative AI algorithms invites us to question our ways of seeing and our collective perceptions of what is true, false and uncertain.

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Program
17:15 Opening
17:30 ‘Crossroads: artificial intelligence and education’ with Gabrielle Halpern, philosopher
18:00 Short film screening
18:30 Wiener KI-Gespräche / Viennese dialogue on AI : ‘AI, Art and Fake’ (Art History Festival 2025 preview) Discussion moderated by Klaus Speidel, in dialogue with Justine Emard, artist, Manuela Naveau, artist and professor at the University of Art and Design Linz, and Clemens Apprich, professor of media theory at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna
20:00 Short film screening
20:05 Panel discussion : ‘Informing the Future: Challenges for Science in the Age of AI?’ with Gabrielle Halpern, philosopher, and Christian Bertsch, Director of the future VISTA: Centre for Science Communication
21:15 Speech contest on the challenges of information in the age of AI by the association Le Cercle