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Its central aim is to advance the understanding of how AI agents can actively participate in creative processes traditionally dominated by human-human interactions, such as dance and drawing. Grounded in theories of embodiment and intersubjectivity\u2014which prioritize sensory engagement and interaction over abstract cognition\u2014this work explores the complexities of co-creativity and social cognition through the lens of sensemaking within AI systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research investigates how AI systems can engage in co-creative processes by leveraging sensemaking patterns, both descriptively and generatively. It explores how theories of embodiment and sensemaking enhance our understanding of co-creativity, how sensemaking patterns can be analyzed and integrated into co-creative systems, and how design considerations for future co-creative AI systems can be developed. The study employs a mixed-methods approach, combining qualitative and quantitative analyses through empirical studies, interviews, video coding, thematic analysis, surveys, speculative design, and self-reflective exercises.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKey contributions include a new perspective on computational co-creativity that integrates theories from human-computer interaction, embodiment, and social cognition. The dissertation introduces the Observable Creative Sensemaking (OCSM) framework, a method for quantifying sensemaking in embodied creative improvisation. It demonstrates how OCSM can be used descriptively to compare different co-creative interactions and applied as a generative model to guide real-time improvisation. Additionally, the development of two co-creative AI systems\u2014Drawcto, a multi-agent drawing application, and LuminAI, an embodied improvisational dance system\u2014highlights the practical application of these theoretical frameworks and models in real-world AI systems.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EComputational Sensemaking for Embodied Co-Creative Artificial Intelligence\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Computational Sensemaking for Embodied Co-Creative Artificial Intelligence"}],"uid":"27707","created_gmt":"2024-11-05 16:48:15","changed_gmt":"2024-11-05 17:42:41","author":"Tatianna Richardson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2024-11-11T12:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2024-11-11T14:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2024-11-11T14:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2024-11-11 17:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2024-11-11 19:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2024-11-11 19:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"TSRB 523A ","extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"100811","name":"Phd Defense"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78771","name":"Public"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}