Artificial intelligence has rapidly entered the domains traditionally associated with human imagination—visual art, fashion, music, and design—raising a fundamental question: can machines truly be creative, or do they merely recombine existing patterns? This lecture explores the evolving relationship between algorithms and artistic practice, examining how AI reshapes ideas of authorship, originality, and creativity. 

Bringing together perspectives from art, fashion technology, philosophy of art, and computer science, the discussion features experts from these fields. Together, our guests examine AI as both a creative tool and a potential collaborator, while reflecting on the role of human intuition and the limits of algorithmic creativity. 

The event invites the audience to reconsider creativity as a dynamic process emerging from the interaction between humans and intelligent systems—and to ask whether AI can become a true creative partner, or whether the essence of creativity still lies beyond the reach of code. 

Participants:

  • Anouk Wipprecht, Dutch fashiontech designer, engineer and innovator, known for creating interactive, AI-driven garments. Her work merges fashion, robotics, and science, and includes collaborations with Intel, NASA, Audi, Swarovski, and Cirque du Soleil. 
  • Vlad Sulea, Romanian visual designer working across graphic design, branding, and object-making. Working under the alias The Tailor, he has built a career of over two decades at the intersection of advertising, fashion, and music culture. His practice emphasizes materiality, experimentation, and hands-on design, including work for major cultural projects like Electric Castle festival. 
  • Dr. Mara Rațiu, associate professor at the University of Art and Design in Kolozsvár/Cluj-Napoca, specializing in aesthetics and philosophy of art. Her main research interests are in aesthetics, contemporary artistic practices and institutions and their socio-political implications. 
  • Prof. Dr. Lehel Csató, professor at the Mathematics and Computer Science Faculty of Babeș-Bolyai University, expert in artificial intelligence and machine learning. His research focuses on the application of nonparametric methods and the study of the reliability of deep learning systems. 
  • Magor Örs Köllő, software engineer and MCC alumnus. He currently works as a software engineer at a fintech company, teaches STEM subjects to talented young people at MCC, and leads an NGO that supports young people from disadvantaged communities. 

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