Poetics of Prompting

How can we find ways to talk with machines instead of as machines?

Whatever you want an AI tool to do, the prompt, which are the instructions you give, must be written. Since the emergence of ‘AI for all’ barely two years ago, there has been a proliferation of courses in ‘prompt engineering’. But is it just a matter of engineering, or does interacting with AI actually require creative writing to go beyond the predictable? What does it mean to speak the language of the tool well? And how can we find ways to talk with machines instead of as machines? With Poetics of Prompting, The Hmm and MU Hybrid Art House explore the new languages that emerge from and around the collaboration between AI and human creativity, between prompting and poetry. Through both new and existing works, interactive projects, and workshops by artists and designers, we explore the critical, playful and experimental relationships between humans and their AI tools. Join us as we feedback and feedforward with the machine, to shape our new language together. Check our website for the full public program with PoP workshops, lectures and events.