The panel discussion, titled "Art, artists and the concepts of intelligence, artificiality, and realness," brings together leading artists, researchers, and scientists to explore the intersection of art, data, and artificial intelligence. The conversation delves into how artists and their creative processes are critical in how we think about intelligence and how technological innovations are transforming the landscape of art and creativity. The panelists will discuss the role of imagination in advancing technology, the ethical implications of AI-generated art, and the collaborative potential between human creativity and data science. This thought-provoking dialogue aims to redefine the boundaries of creativity and imagination in a future of emergent technologies and research.
Dasan Ahanu (
https://www.dasanahanu.com/) is a poet, cultural organizer, performing artist, and scholar. He is a visiting lecturer at UNC-Chapel Hill, an alumnus of Harvard University's Nasir Jones Fellowship, and North Carolina's 2023 Piedmont Laureate for poetry. A respected recording artist, Dasan has collaborated with many Jazz, Soul, and Hip-Hop artists in North Carolina. He has published extensively, performed nationwide, and authored six poetry collections. He currently serves as artist-in-residence with NC State Live at NC State University.
Sophia Brueckner (
https://www.sophiabrueckner.com/) is a futurist artist/designer/engineer who researches how technology shapes us. Inseparable from computers since the age of two, she believes she is a cyborg. As a software engineer at Google, she designed and built products used by tens of millions. At the Rhode Island School of Design and the MIT Media Lab, she researched the simultaneously empowering and controlling aspects of technology with a focus on tangible and social interfaces.
Rachel (Ray) Levy (
https://raylevy.org/) is a regular supporter of poetry and art engagement at ADSA. She is the Executive Director of the NC State Data Science and AI Academy, an all-university effort to catalyze and network interdisciplinary activity. Her disciplinary background is applied mathematics and her recent research has focused on data-rich project-based educational experiences from Kindergarten to Industry. She is a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, a writer, policymaker, public speaker and a dancer.
Marcel Fable Price (
https://www.marcelfableprice.com/) is a multi-hyphenate, self-directed, intuitive creative whose primary medium lies between oratory expression and creative writing. His work, a kaleidoscope of personal experiences, forms stained glass examples of transformation, connecting with readers in a deeply resonant way. Fable believes the mortar to our humanity is shared experience, and without it, our individual gospels remain surface hymns. His poetry has been used for the inauguration of state representatives and even a Senate Majority Leader. His work has appeared in The Missouri Review, Button Poetry, Write About Now, and has been featured by PBS, The Frey Foundation, Mental Health America, and Habitat for Humanity. His first full-length collection, New American Monarch, is available for pre-order and releases in October 2024.
