EVENT FORMAT

1/ Improbable Seminar: An Art Thinking Experience

(Dec. 5th 1:00 pm to Dec. 6th 7:00pm)

The Improbable Seminar is an immersive workshop, labeled as “highly commended” by the Financial Times in 2025, that introduces participants to the Art Thinking method — a creative process that draws from avant-garde artists’ ways of working to help people imagine what doesn’t yet exist. Co-designed by professor Sylvain Bureau, and artist Pierre Tectin the seminar guides participants through six radical practices — Donate, Deviate, Destroy, Drift, Dialogue, and Display — culminating in the collective creation of a provocative artwork that addresses a real-world challenge. By embracing uncertainty and artistic exploration, participants experience a profound shift in how they innovate, lead, and make sense of complexity. Join us for this once in a lifetime experience, already diffused in 18 countries and multiple institutions from Stanford to ESCP. 

Fees:
Free of charge for students and artists
Fees for ESCP Alumni & Stanford Alumni: 15 EUR
Fees for others: 50 EUR

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2 / Improbable Intelligence Vernissage & Panel — Rethinking AI through Artistic Intelligence

(Dec. 6th from 5:00 to 7:00 pm)

After exploring the Improbable Intelligence vernissage — featuring artworks born from the Improbable Seminar — visitors are invited to continue the journey with a panel discussion:

What happens when we let artistic intelligence — not algorithms — redefine the purpose of AI?

This one-hour panel gathers artists, scientists, and entrepreneurs to explore how artistic intelligence can transform our understanding and use of artificial intelligence. Moving beyond the logic of optimization and control, our speakers will discuss how artistic intelligence can open new directions for AI, directions that lead toward emancipation, meaning, and richer human perspectives, rather than pure efficiency.