From HAL 9000 to ChatGPT: The lives and failures of AI systems

From HAL 9000 to ChatGPT: The lives and failures of AI systems

A conversation with Kathryn Blair and Bryan Cera, moderated by Muriel N. Kahwagi

May 8
5:30 PM | Auditorium

What are some of the considerations that emerge from the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in art? What are the broader cultural and societal implications of AI-generated art, including its influence on public perceptions of AI, and the role of emergent technologies in society?

Join us on Wednesday 8 May, 5 PM for an informal conversation on the place that AI occupies in our lives, and its implications across different sectors and forms of labor, from cultural and academic institutions to medical organizations and financial institutions.

Drawing on Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey’s (1968) fictional AI character, HAL 9000, the panel will reflect on the reach and abilities – both real and imagined – of AI systems, asking us to (re)consider just how intelligent artificial intelligence is.

This conversation is programmed in conjunction with Anton Ginzburg: Surface, on view in the Morris & Ann Dancyger Observatory Gallery until June 16, 2024.