OLA branding on an AI-generated image: A fork in the road leads to two doors, each depicting a different scenario.

Credit: AI generated image, prompted by Sahana Elango, SRH Berlin

Exploring AI Future Scenarios

Open Lab Night: AI in Love and Life

Would you let AI fight your rent increase?  Would you let it write your love letters? Or tell you if you're really in love? Now imagine that millions of people are doing just that right now. AI is slowly becoming the third wheel in every part of life. What happens when algorithms start shaping our cities, institutions, our identities, everyday decisions and our relationships?

Open Lab Evening

  • 0.00€

Further information

  • Time17:00
  • Duration3 hours
  • Meeting PointFuturium
OLA branding on an AI-generated image: A fork in the road leads to two doors, each depicting a different scenario.

Credit: AI generated image, prompted by Sahana Elango, SRH Berlin

At this Open Lab Night, you'll be immersing yourself into one of two experimental futures. One asks how AI might reshape the future of Berlin in a playful manner. The other explores what happens when AI enters our most intimate relationships.

Test future scenarios. Challenge your assumptions. Debate with strangers. Maybe leave with more questions than answers.

 

Scenario 1: Futures Kaleidoscope of Berlin

For one evening, you collectively create a shared future of the city of Berlin – with and without artificial intelligence.

You’ll take on a selected role, respond to real-life scenarios, and choose when to use AI and when not. Each decision feeds into a shared, evolving Berlin: a living city simulation that reacts in real time to group decisions.

Should AI enter any domain and optimize at full speed? Should some areas stay simply human, even if they might be slower, messier, or just imperfect?

At the end, two questions remain: Would you like to live in the future you co-created? How can we integrate AI into our lives while protecting our human uniqueness?

Scenario 2: Love, Mediated. The Future of Intimacy

For one evening, you will be part of a psychological experiment testing the human-machine relationship. 

Technology promises to eliminate the friction, heartbreak, and vulnerability of relationships, offering tailored AI companions programmed to never disagree with you. But every algorithmic match leaves an unseen ripple effect on our society, our bodies, and our planet. We might lose the essence of human interaction, every time we employ the algorithms.

On this lab night, you will have a mediated conversation with an immersive, adaptive AI interface designed to push your boundaries and put your social skills to the test.

How much control over your relational landscape are you willing to trade for convenience?

Collaboration

A Collaboration between Futurium and the SRH Berlin University of Applied Sciences | School of Arts, Information and Media | M.A. Strategic Design. 

Direction: Prof. Katrin Androschin, Prof. Julia Leihener. 

Dates

Facilitation

Facilitation by Team “Ocean 9” and Team “Uncle Quinn & Co”, a multidisciplinary teams of strategic designers who translate complex ideas to explore how we navigate our changing world.

  • Valentina Alvarez M.A. Strategic Design, SRH University Berlin
    Industrial & Strategic Designer
  • Sofía Guevara Bascuñan M.A. Strategic Design, SRH University Berlin
     Industrial Designer &  Product Designer 
  • Sahana Elango M.A. Strategic Design, SRH University Berlin
    Visual Communication & Strategic Designer 
  • Anshu Kumari M.A. Strategic Design, SRH University Berlin
     UX/UI Designer
  • Felipe Medina M.A. Strategic Design, SRH University Berlin
     Digital Storyteller
  • Rasmus Volden M.A. Strategic Design, SRH University Berlin
    Media Creator & Strategic Designer

Information

  • Venue: Workshop Futurium Lab
  • Ticket: free entry
  • Registration is required.
  • Remaining tickets are available on the door.
  • Event language: English
  • Max. number of participants: 30 people
  • Recommended age: 16 and over.
  • Duration: 3 hours
  • Participation requirements: no prior knowledge required. Please bring your smartphone to the workshop, as it will be used during an interactive activity. Make sure your phone is charged and has sufficient battery for the session.

Accessibility

  • We are a wheelchair-accessible venue.
  • Spaces without seating are available for wheelchair users.

The future is for everyone! The Futurium aims to be accessible to all. If you have any further accessibility requirements, please let us know. We will do our best to accommodate them: info@futurium.de

You can find all information on accessibility here: https://futurium.de/de/barrierefreiheit

Photos & Videos

Photos and videos will be taken during the event. If you do not wish to be photographed or filmed, please let us know in advance.

Tickets

  • You will need a free ticket for this event. Click the button at the top or bottom of the page to go to the ticket shop. If the event is fully booked, the button will no longer be displayed.
  • Due to limited seating, only one ticket per person can be booked.
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