AI and Creativity: A Conversation on the Future of the Arts

Join us for a critical conversation between an adversary and an advocate of AI on the impact of AI on the creative sector, featuring two leading experts, Professor Tama Leaver and Dr Martin Dougiamas. This promises to be a dynamic discussion that will explore what AI means for creators today and in the future, exploring the advantages it can offer, such as new tools and expanded creativity, as well as the pitfalls, including concerns over job security and intellectual property rights and much more.

Whether you’re a visual artist, writer or musician, this event is your chance to hear expert perspectives, ask questions, and learn how AI might shape your future. Is there a way to harness AI responsibly and ethically? What steps if any can you take to protect your creative work in a rapidly evolving landscape?

Speakers

Martin Dougiamas is best known as the Australian founder of Moodle, the open-source learning platform used globally since 2001. After leading Moodle as CEO for over 20 years, he transitioned to Head of Research at the Moodle Research Lab in January 2024. In this role, he explores how new technologies like AI and AR should be used to shape the future of education and the spaceship we all live on. He is also the founder of Open EdTech, a non-profit association in Brussels dedicated to promoting open technology in education.

Tama Leaver is a Professor of Internet Studies at Curtin University. He’s a regular media commentator, a Chief Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child, and the Immediate Past President of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR). His research includes a focus on datafication and artificial intelligence, and he recently co-authored the report “Children and Generative AI (GenAI) in Australia: The Big Challenges”.

Facilitated by Victoria Laurie, senior reporter and feature writer who has written for Good Weekend, The Australian, The Bulletin, The Monthly, HQ, Australian Geographic and The Weekend Australian Magazine.

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