Join us on Thursday 10th December for the launch event for Beyond the AI Binary: A Conversation on Creativity, Future Practice, and Change.
Event Details
Date: 10 Dec 2026
Times: 19:00-21:00 (2hrs) | Free/Ticketed
Location: Inspace, 1 Crichton St, Newington, Edinburgh EH8 9AB
Audience: General public
Venue Access features: Accessible toilets, Assistance dogs welcome, Baby changing facilities, Seating, Step-free access, Wheelchair accessible
The official launch of Beyond the AI Binary brings together diverse perspectives from research, practice, and industry to explore what responsible engagement with AI might mean for creative communities.
Chaired by Dr Caterina Moruzzi, the evening features a roundtable discussion with:
Dr Pushpi Bagchi (Design Researcher & Futures Methodologist)
Chris Day (Illustrator)
Dr Kimia Witte (Artist, Scientist & Curator, Transmission Gallery)
Ji Yoon Lee (Artist)
The event also includes participatory activities where attendees captured their unique stances, co-created community principles, and can voice dissent or missing perspectives.
For inquiries about accessibility, please contact the Design Informatics team at designinformatics@ed.ac.uk or visit the Access webpage for more information about the venue: https://inspace.ed.ac.uk/venue-access/. If you have any enquiries about Inspace programming and the venue, please contact us at designinformatics@ed.ac.uk.
Beyond the AI Binary serves as a tool for reflection and a record of the ambivalent feelings that define this moment in creative history. Copies are distributed at the launch event. The digital version will be available for download below from the day of the launch.
About CREAT-TEC
This work was developed as part of CREA-TEC: Cultivating Responsible Engagement with AI Technology to Empower Creatives, a Bridging Responsible AI (BRAID) fellowship project supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) [AH/X007146/F], in collaboration with Adobe. The project was co-designed and delivered in partnership with the Futures and Design Team of the Edinburgh Futures Institute.
The project brings together creatives, academics, and communities to develop shared insights into the design and use of AI tools, ensuring the future of creative work remains human-centred.
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About Design Informatics
The Institute for Design Informatics is a joint institute between Edinburgh College of Art and the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh. Our mission is to bring design and data together to create a world that is socially just, where people live well, have agency and autonomy, and are able to adapt and transition how they live to ensure the planet flourishes. We seek to have a transformational impact on society by creating alternatives to dominant models of technology design and development, and to shape ethical and responsible data futures through applied research and practice.