Innovation is inherently optimistic. Artists are the antennae of society, with uncanny abilities to sense and envision the future. They serve as the vanguard of cultural and societal change, interrogating the status quo. Artists embrace disruption, challenge conventional boundaries, explore uncharted territories, and develop novel problem-solving approaches. With passionate idealism, artists ask questions others are not asking. How does a technology produce meaning? What happens when we break the rules? Can A.I. solve the climate crisis on a local level? What qualities do artistic authorship and scientific bias share? “Creativity is intelligence having fun. ” – Albert Einstein.