Cognitive Infrastructures Studio 2024

Cognitive Infrastructures
Synthetic Intelligence
Design-Development Studio
June 21st – July 19th 2024
Antikythera is now accepting applications for its month-long Cognitive Infrastructures Design-Development Studio in London from June 21st to July 19th 2024. With support from the Berggruen Institute, it will combine design, engineering and philosophy and include collaborators from Google Research/ Deepmind, Cambridge Centre for the Future of Intelligence, Cambridge Centre for Existential Risk, and many others.

Professionals from all fields, including design disciplines, computer science, economics, philosophy, history, science and technology studies, political science, digital media, filmmaking, and others are encouraged to apply. Accepted participants will receive a stipend of 4000 GBP for the duration of the 4-week studio, and should ensure they have the right to work in the UK.

Applications & Admissions Process
- Submission of online Application Form below by Friday March 1st, 2024
- Review of application material by the selection committee
- Online interviews with shortlisted candidates (early March 2024)
- Final selection and confirmation of participants by Monday March 18th, 2024
Required Supporting Documents

To support their Application Form, applicants should also submit the following documents:
- CV (1-2 pages)
- PDF of Work Samples (10 pages)
- Video Introduction (1 min, see info below)
Saving & Submitting an Application Form

Application forms can be saved and returned at any time before the deadline. To submit an Application Form to the review committee, all required fields must be completed and you must click Submit at the bottom of the page.

For any additional inquiries, contact studio@antikythera.org.
Applicant Information
Name*

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One-line Bio*
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Current Country of Residence*
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Website or URL to Relevant Work
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Relevant Social Media
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Do you have the right to work in the UK?*

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Application Files
CV

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Professionals from all fields, including computer science, economics, philosophy, history, science and technology studies, political science, digital media, filmmaking, and all other design disciplines must include a combined PDF of work samples, including links to relevant past projects, research papers, articles, etc. PDF files should not exceed 2 MB / 10 pages. Links to full publications, relevant websites, videos, blogs and other information can be included.
PDF of Work Samples

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Applicants are asked to submit a short video introduction (1 minute maximum) to briefly introduce themselves in English, stating their name, professional background, relevant projects, how they have learned about the Antikythera Studio, and why they are interested in taking part in it. The videos should not be regarded as an interview, but rather as a candid and relaxed personal introduction. There are no set expectations in terms of technical set-up: videos could be filmed in front of a phone, laptop or any other device.
Video Introduction

(Lastname_Firstname_video.mov or other common video format)
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Application Questions

Please answer the following to describe your personal interest in the Cognitive Infrastructures Studio
Antikythera’s Cognitive Infrastructures will unfold from several interrelated speculative Studio Briefs for intellectual and practical exploration:
- Civilizational Overhang And Productive Disalignment
- Haiid: Human-Ai Interaction Design
- Toy World Policies
- Embeddings Visualization
- Generative AI And Massively-Distributed Prompting
- Multimodal LLM Interfaces
- Data Provenance And Providence: The Good, The Poisoned, And The Collapsed
- The Planetary Across Human And Inhuman Languages
Which 2-3 of the 8 Studio Development Briefs are the most interesting and relevant to you? How do you see your work to date relating across them?
What technical, design, prototyping, filmmaking, programming etc. skills will you bring to the program? Please be specific in terms of tools, software and workflows
Have you worked or interacted professionally with any of the Antikythera Contributors, Affiliate Researchers, or extended community?
How did you learn about the Cognitive Infrastructures Studio & the Antikythera program?
Any other additional information you would like to provide?
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Application Files

Application Questions