Interdisciplinary Exploration of AI within a University setting

Helen Scarlett O'Neill

Case study - AI Week at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. Staff share their experience of running RGU’s first AI week, which was held in October 2024 at Gray’s School of Art in collaboration with School of Computing. This online case study provides insights from workshops and discussions covering Gen AI, its ethics, its implications as/within art, and its role within learning/production processes.

CONTENTS

Reflections on AI Week (this page)

REFLECTIONS ON AI WEEK

AI Week at Robert Gordon University:

created space for interdisciplinary discussion

provided practical tuition in basic creative use of AI

pooled knowledge of staff (academic/technical), students, GIRs, alumni

led to further interdisciplinary collaboration

CONTRIBUTORS

Helen Scarlett O'Neill

Jim Hamlyn

Catherine M. Weir

The Generative Creativity Group (GCG) is a direct result of of AI Week. The core group began with four RGU staff members—Helen Scarlett O'Neill & Jim Hamlyn from Gray’s School of Art and Kyle Martin & Jamie McDonald from the School of Computing.

The GCG is currently exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence and artistic expression by training Stable Diffusion on Gray’s archive and working with it to unlock new insights. They will present and demo their recent progress as part of Visual Science of Art Conference 2024.

More information on VSAC24 here: https://2024.vsac.eu/

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