Songs about AI

It is a paradox: Artificial intelligence (AI) is a daily hype topic in the media, but in representative surveys the majority of the Austrian population states that they hardly know anything about AI. This problem is particularly visible when it comes to women and the elderly. We think, however, the presence of AI should concern all of us! Improving AI literacy among the general population is an important goal, since more people than before could have a say and help shape our future. As existing information formats fail to arrive in the daily life of less tech-savvy target groups, the LIT Robopsychology Lab team has been researching alternative ways of communicating knowledge about AI for several years. The participatory research project ‘How to Explain AI’ has resulted in, among other things, ‘A Liadl, ans üwa KI’ – a humorous AI explanation song in Upper Austrian dialect. The approach of using music to provide information about AI has proven effective in our empirical research. Therefore we are expanding our repertoire by introducing two new and specific pieces about AI: A hip-hop song about the climate and environmental impact of AI and a series of "Gstanzl" songs about gender aspects in the field of AI.