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QuickBites // AI in Creative Spaces
May 7 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
As artificial intelligence reshapes the creative, scientific, and philosophical landscape, what does it mean to create—and to be creative—alongside machines? Join us for a conversation among artist-researchers working at the edges of art, AI, and agency. From genetic algorithms modeling protein structures to artistic interventions that resist exploitative data scraping, our speakers interrogate the promise and danger of generative and agentic AI systems. Together, they explore how AI functions as both a tool and a mirror—remixing dominant narratives, revealing hidden biases, and posing urgent questions about authorship, originality, and ownership.
This event is presented in celebration of the 40th anniversary of San José State University’s CADRE Laboratory for New Media, which has supported generations of artists and researchers through its commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration, experimentation, and critical engagement with emerging technologies. Honoring that legacy, this panel invites a speculative and critical approach to artificial intelligence, considering AI not only as a technological force but as a cultural one. Can computational systems “create”? How might artists, scientists, and thinkers respond—and resist?
QuickBites is an initiative sponsored by H&A in Action at San José State University (a California State University campus) to bring you informal conversations about the most urgent news of the moment.
