Will Lowry
AI-Powered Theatremaking
⭐ Slide deck from "AI-Powered Theatremaking", SXSW EDU 2025
⭐Write up of Collaborative Spoken Word Poetry assignment in Lehigh's AI Preserve
⭐"Artificial Intelligence // Conduit to Magic", interview with A.R.T/NY on "What's Off?" podcast
⭐ Syllabus from THTR 090: BQS: Can AI Make Art?
Generative AI applications explored in "Can AI Make Art"
Earlier verisons of these applications were used, demonstrated, or referenced during the course.
IMAGE GENERATION
VIDEO GENERATION
AUDIO GENERATION
- StabilityAI StableAudio (music and sfx)
- Google MusicFX (music)
- ElevenLabs (speech)
TEXT GENERATION
Key readings/works from "Can AI Make Art"
Excerpts from The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility, Walter Benjamin
Excerpts from More Than a Glitch, Meredith Broussard
Hello Hi There, Annie Dorsen
"Romare Bearden, Mechanical Reproduction & Generative AI," Nettrice Gaskins, Medium
"The (surprisingly long) history of the cut-up technique," Austin Kleon
Impossible Theories of Us, John Mabey
"'Is it Good Enough to Fool My Gallerist?'," Zachary Small piece on David Salle, The New York Times
"Ghosts," Vauhini Vara, The Believer
Excerpts from More Than a Glitch, Meredith Broussard
Hello Hi There, Annie Dorsen
"Romare Bearden, Mechanical Reproduction & Generative AI," Nettrice Gaskins, Medium
"The (surprisingly long) history of the cut-up technique," Austin Kleon
Impossible Theories of Us, John Mabey
"'Is it Good Enough to Fool My Gallerist?'," Zachary Small piece on David Salle, The New York Times
"Ghosts," Vauhini Vara, The Believer
Further readings on course topics (in a very incomplete list)
AI and Bias, Equity, & Inclusion
"AI faces look more real than actual human faces," The Australian National University
"Model says her face was edited with AI to look white: 'It's very dehumanizing'," Alaina Demopoulos, The Guardian
"Artificial Intelligence is Creating a New Colonial World Order," Karen Hao, MIT Technology Review
"A New Vision of Artificial Intelligence for the People," Karen Hao, MIT Technology Review
"How to Stop Robots from Becoming Racist," Khari Johnson, Wired
StableDiffusionBiasExplorer, Sasha Luccioni, Hugging Face
"Art-Generating AI as an Accessibility Tool for Disabled Artists," Dale J. Rappaneau, The Techtualist
"Why It's So Damn Hard to Make AI Fair and Unbiased," Sigal Samuel, Vox
"Black Artists Say A.I. Shows Bias, With Algorithms Erasing Their History," Zachary Small, The New York Times
"Bias in Generative AI," Mi Zhou, Vibhanshu Abhishek, Timothy Derdenger, Jaymo Kim, Kannan Srinivasan
"Model says her face was edited with AI to look white: 'It's very dehumanizing'," Alaina Demopoulos, The Guardian
"Artificial Intelligence is Creating a New Colonial World Order," Karen Hao, MIT Technology Review
"A New Vision of Artificial Intelligence for the People," Karen Hao, MIT Technology Review
"How to Stop Robots from Becoming Racist," Khari Johnson, Wired
StableDiffusionBiasExplorer, Sasha Luccioni, Hugging Face
"Art-Generating AI as an Accessibility Tool for Disabled Artists," Dale J. Rappaneau, The Techtualist
"Why It's So Damn Hard to Make AI Fair and Unbiased," Sigal Samuel, Vox
"Black Artists Say A.I. Shows Bias, With Algorithms Erasing Their History," Zachary Small, The New York Times
"Bias in Generative AI," Mi Zhou, Vibhanshu Abhishek, Timothy Derdenger, Jaymo Kim, Kannan Srinivasan
AI and Artmaking & Collaboration
"Kate Bornstein's Gender in 4D: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love AI," Kate Bornstein, Feast of Fun: Gay Talk Show
"AI is Blurring the Definition of Artist," Ahmed Elgammal, American Scientist
"Practical Artificial Intelligence for Stage Design," David Forsee, HowlRound Theatre Commons
"The Role of the Artist in Generative AI," Nettrice Gaskins, Medium
"'It's the Opposite of Art': Why Illustrators Are Furious About AI," Sarah Shaffi, The Guardian
"The Time 100/AI", Time Magazine
"AI is Blurring the Definition of Artist," Ahmed Elgammal, American Scientist
"Practical Artificial Intelligence for Stage Design," David Forsee, HowlRound Theatre Commons
"The Role of the Artist in Generative AI," Nettrice Gaskins, Medium
"'It's the Opposite of Art': Why Illustrators Are Furious About AI," Sarah Shaffi, The Guardian
"The Time 100/AI", Time Magazine
AI and Ethics/Legality/Copyright
"Researchers Prove AI Art Generators Can Simply Copy Existing Images," Kyle Barr, Gizmodo
"Academics Work to Detect ChatGPT and Other AI Writing," Susan D'Agostino, Inside HigherEd
"The Dangers of AI Intoxication", Annie Dorsen, American Theatre
"Getty Images Statement" [on filing of lawsuit against StabilityAI], Getty Images
"This new data poisoning tool lets artists fight back against generative AI", Melissa Heikkilä, MIT Technology Review
"Copyright Law is Going to Get Real Interesting, Y'all," Haje Jan Kamps, TechCrunch
"Inside the messy ethics of making war with machines," Arthur Holland Michel, MIT Technology Review
"Advances in Artificial Intelligence Raise New Ethics Concerns," Stephanie Sy and Layla Quran, PBS
"Academics Work to Detect ChatGPT and Other AI Writing," Susan D'Agostino, Inside HigherEd
"The Dangers of AI Intoxication", Annie Dorsen, American Theatre
"Getty Images Statement" [on filing of lawsuit against StabilityAI], Getty Images
"This new data poisoning tool lets artists fight back against generative AI", Melissa Heikkilä, MIT Technology Review
"Copyright Law is Going to Get Real Interesting, Y'all," Haje Jan Kamps, TechCrunch
"Inside the messy ethics of making war with machines," Arthur Holland Michel, MIT Technology Review
"Advances in Artificial Intelligence Raise New Ethics Concerns," Stephanie Sy and Layla Quran, PBS
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