hat is the difference between humans and GenAI?
Thinking about the relationship between technology and humans through the performing arts
Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM] is proud to announce the new performance “Generative Sensei” by dancer and choreographer, Neji Pijin. Since 2024, YCAM has been running ”Where Theater Meets School”, a talent development program that creates artworks where children and technology meet. “Generative Sensei” is one of the productions from this program, created by Neji Pijin and various artists and creators, presenting a performing arts
piece where both children and adults can enjoy. This immersive piece’s theme is GenAI, an AI that auto-generates new content such as text, pictures, audio, and video. The audience partakes in a class hosted by a robot acting as a Sensei (‘Teacher’ in Japanese), responding to their questions. Based on the response, the speech lines for the little robots on the desk are generated. Today, we live in a world surrounded by cutting-edge science, including AI, embedded within highly developed network technology. “Generative Sensei” proposes a
moment to pause and think about the future, and how humans and AI should confront each other. For more information, please visit YCAM website.
Date:
December 12 (Fri) 18:30-
December 13 (Sat), 14 (Sun), 20 (Sat) 10:30- / 15:00-
December 18 (Thu), 19 (Fri) 10:30- / 18:30-
Venue: Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM] Studio B
Require Ticket (Free seating)
Eligible from 4th grade
Max 30 people / performance
Notes for participants:
• Open 15mins before start, Duration approx. 50mins
• Signing a consent form will be required
• The event will be documented. The photograph or videograph may be used for YCAM’s archive and public relations material.
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“Talking Body, Moving Story”
December 13 (Sat) After the 15:00 performance
Venue: Studio B
Guest: Neji Pijin (Dancer, Choreographer, neji&co. ), Onoda
Sayo (Sci-Fi Novelist), Tokisato Mitsuru*, Takeshita Akiko*
How did the “Generative Sensei” come to be? What is the role of AI in the performance? The artists share the behind-the-scenes stories.
“Am I talking to a human?”
December 14 (Sun) After the 15:00 performance
Venue: Studio B
Guest: Nagai Rei (Philosopher), Hori Shizuka (Poet, Essayist),
Yamaoka Daichi*
Today, there are increasing opportunities to converse with AI. In this session, we discuss our current situation where “words from humans” and “words from more-than-humans”exist in the same world.
“AI for nurturing, nurtured Human beings”
December 20 (Sat) After the 15:00 performance
Venue: Studio B
Guest: Kudo Fumiko (Specially Appointed Associate
Professor, University of Osaka), Yamamoto Potato (Writer),
Yamaoka Daichi*
We discuss daily life where AI and humans are influencing and nurturing each other with two hosts from the radio program“Hardworker Radio”: an expert in AI and law, and a writer raising a child.
*YCAM Staff