Artists + Machine Intelligence Research Awards
Deadline: August 30, 2024
AMI is a forward-looking research program at Google dedicated to building and sustaining a field of creative practitioners working with machine learning. Our academic research awards support faculty pursuing arts and humanities-centered research related to machine learning (ML) and its implications on society, with funding up to $20,000 USD.
This year we welcome proposals across three priority research areas:
Futures Writing
Arts Writing + Criticism
Public understanding of AI through literary & visual culture
Futures Writing
We’re looking to support faculty developing imaginative reflections or philosophical meditations on what possible futures with AI might hold socially, ethically, and aesthetically for the arts, archival sciences, or the open web. Faculty are encouraged to submit writing projects in the following formats: articles, books, or short-form writing. Discipline-specific reflections will be prioritized over broader, more generalized approaches.
Arts Writing + CriticismArts writing is essential to the development of a dynamic and vibrant art scene and tradition. We’re looking for faculty developing programs and/or curricula to support arts writers and critics in developing technical or historical know-how of generative AI practices to offer new ways to view, appreciate, understand, and enjoy contemporary art made with machine intelligence. Critical approaches to writing about film and new media are eligible.
Public understanding of AI through literary & visual cultureMedia vitally shapes public engagement and understanding around AI technologies. We seek proposals from faculty investigating the framing of AI in factual and entertainment media, and its impact on the public understanding of AI technologies. Proposals that put forward new mental models or explore novel conceptual frameworks and representations of AI are welcome.
Learn more about the program, eligibility, and application process on our website. Questions? Email [email protected]