Erasing the AI Act: Rethinking Legislation Through Poetry

  • Workshop
  • Arts & Craft
  • Friday 22.05 — 11:50 - 13:05

Organising Institution

Digital Societies - University of Graz

Austria

Erasure Poetry is a literary form that takes pre-existing text to surface new meanings and interpretations through the act of deletion, drawing, highlighting and annotating. In this participatory session, we will take passages from the EU AI Act and mess with it. In two rounds, we will create poems from the Act and discuss what becomes interesting, irritating, obvious or peculiar. Intervening in the legal text in a creative way helps us to re-examine its intentions, re-shape its narratives, and interfere with the prevailing discourses that dominate policy-making. This workshop creatively engages with the EU AI Act, a cornerstone of Europe’s digital rulebook, exploring its narratives, assumptions, and implications through the lens of erasure poetry. We will discuss ethical dilemmas, policy tensions, and accountability challenges. The aim of this workshop is to spark fresh discussions on AI regulation. No prior knowledge is required, and all materials will be provided.