Centering the Arts in the Age of AI: Advancing Education, Innovation, and Workforce Development through Creative Practices
By Daragh Byrne (Carnegie Mellon), Maryrose Flanigan (the Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities), Benjamin Knapp (Virginia Tech), Aaron Knochel (Penn State) & Lisa McNair (Virginia Tech)
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The recent ubiquity of Artificial Intelligence (AI) usage highlights the need for literacy, experimentation, and productive perspectives on these tools. As higher education prepares students to enter the workforce, we know an integrated curriculum with attention to informed use of AI will not only prevent the harms we know are inherent in the technology but will also ensure a human-centered, skilled workforce essential to our democracy and global citizenship. Interdisciplinary perspectives and skills are the only way to make this happen, and to develop elevated awareness in the development, use, and adoption of AI now urgently needed. That means integrated study and use – artists, engineers, technologists, humanists, scientists, and medical experts working together.