Marco NIESCHKA

What does AI do to us? · AI Ethics Researcher · Co-founder Creative Humanity AI Hub · Electronic Musician A.K.A Marouko · SAFER @ IJCAI-ECAI 2026

Germany

About

I research what AI does to us – not through its decisions, but through the daily practice of interaction. Every conversation with an AI trains the human on the other side. We call this the Mirror Hypothesis. Together with Kordula Marisa Hildebrandt we developed the Mirror Hypothesis and the Identity Before Tools (IBT) framework – three years of practitioner research in creative education, now published open access on Zenodo and accepted at the SAFER Workshop @ IJCAI-ECAI 2026 (Bremen, August). We are building MirrorTrain – a pan-European Horizon Europe research initiative on bidirectional human-AI training. And ComposerAI – a platform for fair creator rights in the AI era. I am A.K.A Marouko. Electronic musician. Over 500 radio plays on 15+ French stations. Currently: the Imperfect Remix – measuring what AI cannot replicate in human music. The gap between recognition and creation. That gap is where human art lives. Co-founder, Creative Humanity AI Hub – creativehumanity.eu When did you last hold your face up to the sun? Just like that. For no reason at all. Come to a workshop. Let's think together.

Experience

  • Co-founder & Principal Researcher at Creative Humanity AI Hub
    Jun 2026 - Present · 1 mo

    The Creative Humanity AI Hub investigates what AI does to humans – not through its outputs, but through the daily practice of interaction. We call this the Mirror Hypothesis. Together with Kordula Marisa Hildebrandt we developed the Mirror Hypothesis and the Identity Before Tools (IBT) framework – published open access on Zenodo, accepted at the SAFER Workshop @ IJCAI-ECAI 2026 (Bremen, August). Current projects: MirrorTrain (Horizon Europe, HERITAGE-01) · ComposerAI · Working Paper Series · Imperfect Remix

  • Creative Director & Electronic Artist at A.K.A Marouko
    Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

    A.K.A Marouko is not a project. It is a question made audible. Electronic music at the boundary between human expression and machine intelligence. Between what can be calculated and what can only be felt. Between the algorithm and the goosebump. Over 500 radio plays on 15+ French stations. Releases via SACEM, SCPP, ADAMI. Performing as A.K.A Marouko & Stella Marisa. Current work: the Imperfect Remix – measuring what AI cannot replicate in human music. The gap between recognition and creation. That gap is where human art lives.

  • Producer | Visual Effects | Editorial Department at Film and Television Industry
    2008 - Present · 18 yrs 6 mos

    18 years in film and television production – as producer, VFX supervisor, and editorial department lead. International co-productions, documentary and fiction, across Europe and beyond. This is where I learned that storytelling is not about technology. It is about what you bring to the room.

  • Producer and Development Producer at HILDEBRANDT FILM GmbH
    May 2015 - Nov 2019 · 4 yrs 7 mos