Generative AI in/as Theater and Performance

October 27, 2023 -
12:00pm to 1:00pm

Brett Ashley Crawford, PhD
Associate Teaching Professor, Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University

Bella Poynton, PhD
Director, Playwrights’ Wing at First Look Buffalo Theatre Company

in discussion with

Bridget Keown, PhD
Teaching Assistant Professor, Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies

Abstract: Generative AI has realigned conversations on academic integrity, digital ethics, pedagogy, and research practices. As a leader in interdisciplinary research initiatives and the ethical use of data, the University of Pittsburgh's Research, Ethics and Society Initiative (RESI) seeks to create space where time, interdisciplinary insight, and thoughtful discourse take priority, and where leading scholars and experts can consider how their work supports common goals, and examine the differences in their approach, methodology, and philosophy. This discussion will explore how performance art can critique and engage with digital technology, as well as how the theater continues to be a space of language development, political discourse, and technological innovation.

Research, Ethics and Society Interdisciplinary Dialogs on Generative AI

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Location and Address

Online