WGLT-FM: ISU's Freestage Theater Explores Arts And AI
By Charlie Schlenker
The new play "The Hologram in the Mirror" premiered Friday evening in central Illinois and runs through Sunday. It posits artificial intelligence will disrupt the arts.
Director Carol Kelleher, a senior at Illinois State University, said AI already is affecting some branches of the arts, in particular music, but is edging into other territory.
“There is already AI that is basically auto-generating whole plays and movie scripts and poetry. It can author a whole book that is completely original, although of course there is the philosophical question: Is it original if it is completely synthesized from existing things?” said Kelleher.
Vidette: FreeStage to perform 'The Hologram in the Mirror'
By Abigail Mitsven
FreeStage will premiere the new play “The Hologram in the Mirror,” directed by Carol Kelleher at 8 p.m. Friday through Sunday at Illinois State University.
“The Hologram in the Mirror,” written by Mike Kelleher, is a play set in the future foreshadowing a world where Artificial Intelligence creates significant disruption in the arts and literature created and consumed by humans.