Title
From Neural Data to Creative Autonomy: Bridging AI Ethics and Neuroethics in the Creative Industries
Abstract
Creative professionals—musicians, filmmakers, designers—are frontline adopters of AI technologies that directly interact with cognitive processes: generative AI, voice synthesis, neural networks for creativity. Yet the ethical frameworks developed for neurotechnologies (mental privacy, cognitive liberty, brain data protection) remain disconnected from AI practice in the creative industries, creating a critical gap between neuroethical theory and creative-AI reality.
This presentation bridges that gap through our human rights-based framework for AI education, developed through two years of teaching AI ethics to creative professionals at institutions including MET Film School Berlin and Haus für Musik Potsdam. Drawing on our combined backgrounds—Marco as AI Educator and electronic musician (holder of four AI ethics certifications: University of Helsinki, Danish Institute for Human Rights, UNESCO/UNITAR, Kaggle); Kordula as film producer/director and Clinical Integrative Health Coach—we demonstrate how neuroethical principles translate directly into creative practice.
We identify three convergence points where neurotechnology ethics and creative AI ethics overlap: (1) Cognitive autonomy vs. algorithmic optimization—the right to create inefficiently, imperfectly, humanly; (2) Mental privacy and data dignity—protecting creative process data from extractive surveillance models; (3) Self-determination in human-AI collaboration—preserving agency in co-creative systems that learn from neural patterns.
Through concrete examples from our workshops, we present a practical methodology: rather than starting with tools, we begin with self-knowledge (“Who are you? What matters?”), then map ethical frameworks to individual creative practice. This approach has proven effective with diverse cohorts from professional musicians to young people in social care settings (SOS Kinderdorf).
We demonstrate how neuroethics research can directly inform industry practice, policy development, and public education—particularly relevant as the European AI Act’s implementation requires sector-specific ethical guidance. The Creative Humanity AI Hub (https://creativehumanity.eu/pages/de/index.html) will scale this model across EU creative industries.
About Marco & Kordula
Marco Nieschka is an AI Educator, Film & Music Producer, and electronic musician (A.K.A. Marouko). He holds a Master of AI and four AI ethics certifications, teaches AI filmmaking at MET Film School Berlin, and conducts workshops at Haus für Musik Potsdam and other institutions. He is a member of SACEM, ADAMI, SCPP, the Content Authenticity Initiative, and the Hollywood Professional Association.
Kordula Marisa Hildebrandt (artist name: Stella Marisa) is a Film Producer/Director with credits including Netflix, Arte, and Berlinale. She is a Clinical Integrative Health Coach, certified Sound Healing practitioner, mentor at Deutscher Kulturrat, and jury member at Hessische Filmförderung. She holds identical AI ethics certifications as Marco.
Together they co-run HILDEBRANDT FILM GmbH in Berlin and are establishing the Creative Humanity AI Hub on Corsica (launch planned Q3–Q4 2026) as a European center for ethics-first AI education in creative industries.