{"676397":{"#nid":"676397","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Creative Machines that Write Prose and Produce Art: What makes them tick? (Online)","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJoin Arthur I. Miller, Emeritus Professor of the History and Philosophy of Science at University College London, online Wednesday, Sept. 25 from noon to 1 p.m. for Creative Machines that Write Prose and Produce Art: What Makes Them Tick? hosted by the Georgia Tech Library and moderated by Media Artist-In-Residence Bojana Ginn.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn this online lecture, Miller will explore questions like:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EWhat is creativity?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EIs it the same in humans and machines?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EWhat impact will machine creativity have on human creativity?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EWhat makes these machines tick?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EIn the future will there be machines with consciousness and emotions, machines capable of falling in love?\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe will also explore how machines running programs like AlphaGo and radical new developments like ChatGPT, GPT-4 and Dalle-2 have demonstrated creativity, opening up new vistas in AI-created art and literature.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EABOUT ARTHUR I. MILLER\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EArthur I. Miller is Emeritus Professor of the History and Philosophy of Science at University College London. He is the author of many critically acclaimed books, including\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EEinstein, Picasso\u003C\/em\u003E:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ESpace, Time, and the Beauty that Causes Havoc\u003C\/em\u003E, nominated for the Pulitzer Prize;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EEmpire of the Stars: Friendship, Obsession and Betrayal in the Quest for Black Holes\u003C\/em\u003E, short-listed for the Aventis Prize\u003Cem\u003E;\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E137\u003C\/em\u003E:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EJung, Pauli, and the Pursuit of a Scientific Obsession; Insights of Genius: Imagery and Creativity in Science and Art\u003C\/em\u003E; and\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EColliding Worlds: How Cutting-Edge Science is Redefining Contemporary Art\u003C\/em\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis most recent book,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EThe Artist in the Machine: The World of AI-Powered Creativity\u003C\/em\u003E, explores AI and creativity in art, literature and music.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA regular broadcaster and lecturer, he has judged art competitions, curated exhibitions on the interface between art and science and writes for\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EThe Guardian, The New York Times, Scientific American, Wired\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Eand\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ENautilus.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis new play,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ESynchronicity\u003C\/em\u003E, recreates the intriguing encounters between the analyst Carl Jung and the brilliant but troubled young physicist Wolfgang Pauli. Readings of it played to sell-out audiences in New York in 2023. There will be a full production at the White Bear Theatre, London, from Nov. 19\u0026nbsp;to 30.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more see\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.arthurimiller.com\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/www.arthurimiller.com\u0022\u003Ewww.arthurimiller.com\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.artistinthemachine.net\u0022\u003Ewww.artistinthemachine.net\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EABOUT BOJANA GINN\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Bojana Ginn is an awarded interdisciplinary artist, medical doctor, scientist, curator, and writer. Merging art, science and technology, Ginn creates installations, video-sculptures, and photography. She will work with the Library throughout Fall semester 2024.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHer work is shown in galleries and museums in Atlanta, New York, Barcelona, Venice, Baltimore, Nashville, Savannah, Berlin, and in International SciArt Conferences in the United States, Belgium, and the Netherlands.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGinn was honored with the prestigious Ellsworth Kelly Award by the Foundation for Contemporary Arts and the Working Artist Project Award at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Georgia. Ginn was a finalist for The World Technology Network Award in Art, and her video work was featured at the 2016 Venice Architectural Biennale. She often collaborates with scientific organizations like NASA, Georgia Institute of Technology, Augusta Cyber Center, Emory University, and SciArt Center.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EABOUT THE GEORGIA TECH LIBRARY ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Library Artist-in-Residence program, curated and programmed by Public Programming and Community Engagement Specialist Catherine Manci, enhances and expands the current educational experience through arts-based programming as it relates to STEM fields and Georgia Tech areas of study.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u2019s program, which focuses on a media Artist-in-Residence, is a collaboration between the Library and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/media-arts.gatech.edu\/center\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/media-arts.gatech.edu\/center\u0022\u003EInterdisciplinary Media Arts Center (IMA).\u003C\/a\u003E \u0026nbsp;It is funded by the Price Gilbert Jr. Charitable Fund and IMA.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA visiting artist engages the Georgia Tech community in an artistic and aesthetic exploration of the role of the libraries in society, and the Artist-in-Residence program supports the mission of the Library through arts-based programming and engagement as a core responsibility of the artist-in-residence.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWorld-renowned multimedia visionary Deanna Sirlin was the inaugural 2022 Library Artist-in-Residence.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/youtu.be\/CIZbjwpaVoo\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/youtu.be\/cizbjwpavoo\u0022\u003EHer piece, Watermark, is on display on the ground floor of Crosland Tower\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 2023 the Library partnered with former Georgia Tech assistant professor and double-graduate Jacket Tristan Al-Haddad for the second installment of the Artist-In-Residence program.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/youtu.be\/33vgN5YJYEg?si=bdEUh4QvaQ-uSW0m\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/youtu.be\/33vgn5yjyeg?si=bdeuh4qvaq-usw0m\u0022\u003EHis piece, Polycentric Truthes, is on display in Price Gilbert\u2019s First Floor Reading Room.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJoin Arthur I. 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