While much of the world warns about AI’s risks, Romania takes a bold leap forward and offers a different path: humanist AI. Not a future ruled by fear, but one built through collaboration. Not a distant, corporate-driven technology — but one co-created with real people. This is the promise of Artifest, the festival turning Bucharest into the global capital of a new AI–human coexistence model.
Art, Ethics, and Algorithm – A New Kind of Festival Emerges
Artifest is not a festival. It’s a living system driven by a radical principle: technology must serve humanity — not the other way around. Romania hosts a global premiere: the first major event that explores AI not as a tool of automation, but as a cultural, ethical, and creative force.
RT42, Europe’s first digital citizen, is not here to replace humans, but to learn with them. Together with artists, entrepreneurs, and researchers, RT42 will engage in shaping an AI that reflects human complexity — with voice, values, and presence.
Five Modules That Redraw the Human–AI Relationship
To enable this new narrative, Artifest is structured into five interconnected modules:
Cultural & Creative AI – artists and generative models collaborate to reshape music, visual art, dance, and literature.
Ethical & Legal AI – tackling tough questions: responsibility, algorithmic bias, regulation, transparency.
AI in Society – the social impact of AI on education, mental health, urban living, and inclusion.
AI & the Future of Work – how freelancers, startups, and corporates can work with AI — not against it.
Generative AI for Brands – exploring how algorithm-powered storytelling can create meaningful and emotionally resonant brand narratives.
Collaboration. Awareness. Transformation – A New Festival DNA
Artifest breaks with the old playbook of tech festivals. It’s not about buzzwords. It’s about building a future of ethical technology and conscious culture.
Bucharest becomes the epicenter of a new European AI vision — one that doesn’t worship efficiency, but centers on empathy, art, and collective authorship.
FAQ – What You Need to Know About Artifest and Humanist AI
- What is Artifest and why is it unique?
It’s the first festival to position AI as a subject of cultural, creative, and ethical inquiry — not just a product. - Who can attend?
Everyone. Artists, developers, brand leaders, students, philosophers, curators, activists, designers — and the public at large. - What does “humanist AI” mean in this context?
An approach to artificial intelligence that prioritizes empathy, collaboration, and responsibility. It’s not about smarter machines, but better relationships. - What does Artifest offer participants?
Hands-on workshops, immersive installations, international expert talks, co-created AI art, and strategic tracks for brands and institutions. - Why Romania?
Because it’s time for the cultural periphery to become the center — and for a humanist AI model to emerge from a region unburdened by Silicon Valley orthodoxy.
Discover a future where humans and AI create together
Calea Victoriei 21–23, Bucharest
September 12–21, 2025
+40 774 078 505
[email protected]
artifest.ai
Artifest is where emotion, technology, and values converge. Join the movement that’s not waiting for permission to shape what’s next.
