AI prompting – the act of shaping how machine learning systems like ChatGPT generate content – is becoming a widespread everyday practice for creativity and connection but also control, exclusion, manipulation and environmental devastation. In light of the disruptive presence of AI tools, how do we build literacy around their inner workings and develop collective strategies that challenge proprietary infrastructures? Machine learning use, transform or refuse?
Co-organised by the Ars Biologica Independent Study Program (ABIS) of the Budweis – European Capital of Culture 2028, the Academy of Fine Arts Prague’s (AVU) Doctoral Research Department, and the Uroboros collective, this 4-day summer school invites artists, designers, researchers, and students of varied backgrounds to experiment with co-creative approaches to prompting and building AI agents. Taking permaculture principles as a critical and generative framework, we will explore whether everyday human–AI interactions can be reimagined through the lenses of interdependence and contextual sensitivity, rather than personal efficiency and scale.
The summer school takes place from , in Veletržní Hall, Academy of Fine Arts, Prague. It will be held in English with several tutors also speaking Czech. Participation is free and open to 15–20 participants selected through an open call (deadline ). Full program and application guidelines.