Artificial Intelligence in Live Performance

THEATER C112B - Artificial Intelligence in Live Performance

<p>Seminar, four hours. Survey of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and their impacts on live performance. Introduction of large language models, media synthesis, computer vision, and ethical, legal, and policy issues. Exploration of how contemporary AI works, risks and benefits, and its evolving relationship to creative practice. Concurrently scheduled with course C112B. Letter grading.</p>

Theater

School of Theater, Film, and Television

THEATER C212B - Artificial Intelligence in Live Performance

Lead / mentor the development of performance experiments using technology.

Gain a basic understanding of contemporary ethical and social considerations of AI being considered across a variety of related disciplines.

Develop familiarity with performing their own research in academic literature and other primary sources, to learn about new technologies as they emerge in this fast changing field. They will become more confident in reading technical papers to understand the origins of technologies in the market.

Gain experience in peer review and feedback of projects involving emerging technologies.

Build cross-disciplinary knowledge of critical contemporary AI and machine learning (ML) issues through the combination of graduate-level readings, course exercises, presentation, and discussion.

Create portfolio-level presentation material on the analysis and potential use of AI in contemporary performance.

Learn terminology, conceptual fundamentals, and practical limitations of contemporary AI generally and machine learning more specifically, to help them in discerning what is realistically achievable in the context of production.

Gain conceptual and some hands-on familiarity with contemporary artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, especially those that are both gaining popular attention and are available for use in live performance.

Build experience in potential applications to live performance by discussing and developing realizable concepts for new live experiences that incorporate one or more of the technologies studied in the course.

General Catalog

Artificial Intelligence in Live Performance

THEATER C212B

4 units