On April 9, 2024 from 3:00 to 4:00pm in Copley Formal Lounge, McCourt School of Public Policy’s the Massive Data Institute and the Tech & Public Policy program are hosting the third and final in a series of panels exploring the question of “what does AI mean for us in everyday life?” This event will occur during Tech & Society Week 2024.
AI & Me: Creativity and Content
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
3:00-4:00pm
Copley Formal Lounge
The panel discussion will be followed by a reception with the panelists.
Panel Abstract: Join a conversation with a panel of experts in technology, policy, and law to explore AI in daily life from the distinctive lens of creativity and content. With the proliferation of tools that can empower individuals and organizations to create content, panelists will explore the impact of generative AI in our daily lives from both the perspective of the content we consume and the content we might create.
Panelists will explore a range of questions about creativity and content. In what ways do AI algorithms have the potential to complement human creativity? How might the proliferation of these tools augment fields such as journalism, news, and film production? How might generative AI tools impact the value of labor in creative fields? How do we spot deep fakes? What are the policies and laws that exist for newly created data, for example in music and the arts? How does copyright and fair use fit into AI? What impact do our current regulatory frameworks have for creatives and content creators? And what are the considerations of trademarks or copyrights in content created by generative AI?
This event is hosted in partnership with the McCourt School of Public Policy’s Massive Data Institute and the Tech & Public Policy program.
This series is open to the public. More information below.
This is the final panel in the AI & Me Series and is part of Tech & Society Week 2024.
Meet the panelists
Moderator: Soyica Diggs Colbert, Ph.D., Vice President for Interdisciplinary Initiatives and Idol Family Professor, and Professor of African American Studies and Performing Arts, Georgetown University
Soyica Diggs Colbert (she/her) is the Idol Family Professor of Black Studies and Performing Arts at Georgetown University. She is a winner of the Guggenheim Fellowship and the author of several books including award-winning, Radical Vision: A Biography of Lorraine Hansberry. Colbert’s essays have appeared in African American Review, Theatre Survey, Modern Drama, Boundary 2, South Atlantic Quarterly, Scholar and Feminist Online, and Theatre Topics as well as the The New York Times, Washington Post, Public Books, and American Theatre. She is an Associate Director at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C., has served as a Creative Content Producer for The Public Theatre’s audio play, shadow/land, and a curator for the exhibition “Art is Energy”: Lorraine Hansberry, World Builder at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM).
Jacqueline Assar, Spatial Computing & AI Innovator
Jacqueline Assar (she/her) has shaped the spatial computing content strategy at Meta, Snap and Magic Leap. Most recently, she served as a consulting creative producer at Apple. Outside of her corporate career, Jacqueline’s art at the intersection of AI. neuroscience and 3D development has been showcased at the ICA, 836M, London and New York Fashion Week. Assar is participating in her personal capacity.
Sarah Adel Bargal, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Georgetown University
Sarah Adel Bargal, Ph.D. (she/her) is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science hired as a Provost’s Distinguished Faculty Fellow at Georgetown University. Professor Bargal’s research interests are in machine learning, computer vision, and explainable artificial intelligence, with a current focus on generative computer vision models. She received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from Boston University in 2019.
Laura DeNardis, Ph.D., Professor and Endowed Chair in Technology, Ethics, and Society, and the Director of the Center for Digital Ethics, Georgetown University
Laura DeNardis, Ph.D. (she/her) is an acclaimed scholar of Internet governance. She is Professor and Endowed Chair in Technology, Ethics, and Society at Georgetown University, where she Directs the Center for Digital Ethics. Her book The Internet in Everything: Freedom and Security in a World with No Off Switch (Yale University Press) was recognized as a Financial Times Top Technology Book of 2020. Among her seven books, The Global War for Internet Governance (Yale University Press) is considered a definitive source for understanding cyber governance debates and solutions. Professor DeNardis is an affiliated Fellow of the Yale Information Society Project, where she previously served as Executive Director, and is a life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She holds an AB in Engineering Science from Dartmouth, a Master of Engineering from Cornell, a PhD in Science and Technology Studies from Virginia Tech, and was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from Yale Law School.
Henry Lee, MFA, Interdisciplinary Designer and Part-Time Lecturer, Parsons School of Design, The New School
Henry Lee (he/him) is an interdisciplinary designer focused on improving human experiences through Design Research, UX Design, and Industrial Design. He teaches part-time at Parsons School of Design, including courses on artificial intelligence and creativity. His recent published research on A.I. was developed into a website to help creatives enter A.I. spaces.
Event Information
Registration: https://bit.ly/RSVPApr92024Creativity
Accommodations: In the RSVP form, please indicate any accommodations https://bit.ly/RSVPApr92024Creativity (new window). This event is wheelchair accessible. Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made by March 29, 2024 to mdiresearch@georgetown.edu. A good faith effort will be made to fulfill requests made after March 29, 2024.
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Taxi / Ridesharing: The recommended drop-off location is at the front gates of campus. Please inform your driver that your destination is Georgetown University or use the address 3700 O St. NW, Washington, DC 20057. Additional information on taxi / ride sharing is available here. (new window)
Visitor Parking: If you decide to drive to campus, please note there is construction happening on campus on the north side of campus. Visitor parking is available at Southwest Garage (Use 3611 Canal Road as the address for directions using GPS). Additional information on visitor parking is available here (new window).
AI & Me Series Hosts
About the Massive Data Institute (MDI): At Georgetown’s McCourt School of Public Policy, the Massive Data Institute (MDI) is an interdisciplinary research institute that connects experts across computer science, data science, public health, public policy, and social science to tackle societal scale issues and impact public policy in ways that improves people’s lives through responsible evidence-based research. For more information on MDI, please visit https://mdi.georgetown.edu/
About the Tech & Public Policy program: The Tech & Public Policy program at the McCourt School of Public Policy works to shape technology’s promise for a better world. Tech & Public Policy catalyzes cross-disciplinary research, supports emerging leaders, and convenes experts and policymakers to address the challenges and opportunities posed by our ever-evolving digital society. Learn more: https://mccourt.georgetown.edu/tech-and-public-policy/
For more information about the AI & Me Series, please visit: https://mdi.georgetown.edu/events/aiandme-spring2024/
Questions? Please contact mdiresearch@georgetown.edu (new window).
This event is part of Tech & Society Week 2024.
About Tech & Society Week: Tech & Society Week is a week of events across campus, exploring various issues at the nexus of technology and society. To learn more visit https://techandsociety.georgetown.edu/tech-and-society-week/