Title: The Interweaving of AI and NI — New Opportunities for Human Prosperity

Speaker: Prof. Ursula Panhans-Bühler, Kassel Academy of Arts, Germany

Time: Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 14:00-17:00

Venue: B332, New Main Building, Xueyuan Road Campus

Registration: No prior registration is required.

Abstract:

Artificial intelligence, through its algorithmic processes, connects artists with the qualities of natural intelligence. Within this interweaving, we encounter not only novel sensory experiences but also new perspectives on our traditions and their interplay with nature and society. This lecture employs the concept of "delay" to establish connections across neuroscience, linguistics, and Marcel Duchamp's artistic work. It explores the distinctions between artificial and natural intelligence and proposes an interdisciplinary framework for reflection. Rather than replacing natural intelligence, AI offers an opportunity to rethink the relationships between "intelligence" and "body," "speed" and "delay."

About the Speaker:

Ursula Panhans-Bühler is a renowned German art critic and historian. She studied Art History, Archaeology, and Philosophy at the University of Freiburg and the University of Vienna. From 1984 to 1993, she served as a teaching and research assistant, and later as professor, at several German universities including the University of Hamburg, the University of Kassel, the University of Trier, and the Berlin University of the Arts. From 1994 to 2009, she held the position of Professor of Art History at the College of Art at the University of Kassel, specializing in contemporary art criticism and theory.

Professor Panhans-Bühler has long been committed to fostering artistic and academic exchanges between China and Germany. Between 1999 and 2009, she served as a visiting professor at the College of Art at the University of Kassel and the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute. In 2004, she was honored as a "Chongqing Outstanding Foreign Expert." From 2011 to 2023, she served as an expert and guest professor in the School of New Media Art and Design at Beihang University.