Sharing a World With AI: Can Technology Like AI be Reliable, Creative Collaborators in Drama Schools and Acting Training?
On 11 May 1997, the world of chess witnessed a groundbreaking event. Russian grandmaster and world champion Gary Kasparov lost a historic match, leading him to cry foul play and accuse his opponent of cheating—a not uncommon reaction. However, what was extraordinary about this match was the victor: IBM’s supercomputer Deep Blue. A few months later, in the same year, a musical version of this match played out in an acting workshop at the University of Oregon. Dr. Steve Larson, a musician, competed with a computer program called EMI (Experiments in Musical Intelligence) to compose in the style of Johann Sebastian Bach. The competition featured three entries: one by Bach, one by Dr. Larson, and one by EMI. To Dr. Larson’s dismay, he lost, and the audience believed that EMI’s composition was genuine Bach. Twenty-five years later, complex algorithms are an inseparable part of our lives. They guide our choices in music, partners, and investments, and navigate data with greater precis...