You. Hello, I'm Eric Baters. And I'm a media artist based in Rotterdam. I think for me, the AI design community has been such an interesting place to be with for the last year, I think, especially considering how AI has entered broader conversations with a bigger public. This community, I think, has been a very interesting space to discuss with other artists and creative technologists as well as, I don't know, researchers, any kind of people that are part of the community, I guess, to talk about the changes that we're experiencing. And I think in terms of if I needed a place with questions, AI design was the place or if I had was looking for collaborators, it was also a place. I think it expanded my network. I think I received opportunities through Ax Design, as well as having been able to directly show some of my work with the community, which has been very fruitful. I think a space like this, the way how it's so community driven and open, so in a sense, also you can kind of be as active as you like with the platform has been very valuable to me. And I like that whenever I have time that I want to put into it, there's a place for me to put my research and put my investment. But also, if I have less, I am I can still observe and read and discuss and learn along with everyone. Yeah. So I'm happy to be part of the community and I'm very much looking forward to see how we're going to grow and what else we can do in the future.

Hello. Hi, this is Nadia from Ax Design and I'm reaching out to you with a little request. Basically, over the past year, you've either worked with us or participated in a program or somehow been part of the Ax Design community. And we would love to ask you for a small favor, which is that we are trying to both demonstrate and understand our impact and how we create value for people with the work we're doing for a few reasons. One, we need to write a report for the grant that we've received the past year and demonstrate the impact. And instead of, I don't know, listing numbers and vanity metrics, we would love some faces that speak about how AI's Design has brought them any meaning or value in whichever way to their practice or their network or their ideas. Two, it's because we need to apply to other grants, because we're out of funding and we need to figure out how to continue our existence. And so it helps to have real people other than ourselves sharing that the work we do is of value. And third, we're also sort of at a stage of reflection ourselves where we're figuring out what we really want to do and what is most meaningful for us to channel our efforts into. So that's why we're also reflecting on our impact ourselves. So that's why I would love to hear from you a short video about anything you feel comfortable sharing, about how Ax is on the community, the programs, the events have added anything to your life at all. How did you experience working with us or being in the community? In what ways has it helped or supported you, which could honestly be in so many ways. It could be in expanding ideas, like meeting people that you might collaborate with, just learning about interesting people's work or practice or art or anything. Anything that was meaningful to you. That's what I would love to hear about. It can be a long video, short video, anything at all. And also, please let us know either in the video or in a text or whatever. I'm also testing this tool because it's more fun than writing, but please let us know as well if you're comfortable with us using your video and your face, or if you would rather us only use your words in writing but not your face. Or, yeah, please give us consent in a way that you feel comfortable of us using. Yeah, what you said. So, yeah, even if you don't, we would still love to hear from you about the past year and what we've done and how it's been of value to you and your practice and your thoughts and your growth as a person. So, yeah, thank you. I hope to hear from you. And thank you also for being part of this journey so far and contributing in the way that you have and showing up and being in the community with us. So thank you and hope to talk soon. Have a lovely day. Bye.

Erik Peters