Beyond the Human?: From the Metaphysical to the Physical - A Symposium on AI and the Arts
Schedule
Mon Sep 16 2024 at 09:00 am to 04:00 pm
UTC-07:00Location
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, California 90089 | Los Angeles, CA
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Co-curated by USC Vice Provost for the Arts Josh Kun and renowned contemporary artist Cai Guo-Qiang, Beyond the Human?: From the Metaphysical to the Physical is a daylong symposium that explores the impact of AI on the arts. Speakers and performers will explore questions including:
> What is the role of the artist in a computational future?
> What are the promises and perils of AI’s expansion of what it means to be human?
> What is AI’s potential for moving us beyond human exceptionalism into realms of inter-species and inter-materialist consciousness?
> Can AI move us beyond a singular self?
> How does AI impact our sense of the physical?
> How does AI imagine and enact the metaphysical?
> How can artists use AI to build new worlds?
Order of Speakers (subject to change):
9 a.m.: Morning Session
- Welcome by Josh Kun
- Cai Guo-Qiang
- Catie Cuan
- Burçin Becerik-Gerber
- Zoë Hitzig
- Aroussiak Gabrielian
- Troy Therrien
12:05 p.m.: Lunch
Lunch is generously provided by Tigawok, powered by Next Robot AI Cooking Robot. Please note that lunch tickets are limited and will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis at the event check-in.
1:05 p.m.: Afternoon Session
- Refik Anadol
- Minne Atairu
- Kira Xonorika
- Harry Yeff aka Reeps100
- Nancy Baker-Cahill
Pop-up film screenings will be curated by Holly Willis, USC professor of cinematic arts.
Presented by USC Arts Now. Co-sponsored by USC Visions and Voices and the USC Center for Generative AI and Society.
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Where is it happening?
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, California 90089Event Location & Nearby Stays:
