Generative AI’s impact on Musicians (and other creative workers): a Union and Legislative Response
Start: 2024-09-18 20:00:00 UTC Eastern Daylight Time (US & Canada) (GMT-04:00)
End: 2024-09-18 22:00:00 UTC Eastern Daylight Time (US & Canada) (GMT-04:00)
A link to attend this virtual event will be emailed upon RSVP
Hear experts on Artificial Intelligence, advocates of pro-artist AI regulation, and Labor activists discuss the impact of Generative AI and outline how musicians can protect our livelihoods and art forms through Union, legal, and legislative action. Discussion follows with plenty of time to ask questions and contribute to the ongoing conversations.
Panelists:
Lauren Goodlad is Distinguished Professor, chair of the Critical AI at Rutgers initiative, and the editor of Critical AI, an interdisciplinary journal published by Duke University Press. A specialist in teaching critical AI literacies, Goodlad has discussed the topic in numerous essays, podcasts, and presentations. For an example of her writing on "generative AI," see "Now the Humanities Can Disrupt AI," co-authored with Sam Baker. At Rutgers, she is the lead PI for DESIGN JUSTICE LABS, an NEH-supported project focused on developing resources and tools for educators and others devoted to teaching critical AI literacies.
Brian Merchant has been technology columnist at the Los Angeles Times and a senior editor at Motherboard (RIP). He is the author of "The One Device: the Secret History of the iPhone" (2017, Little, Brown) and "Blood in the Machine: the Origins of the Rebellion against Big Tech" (2023, Little, Brown), and a founder of VICE’s speculative fiction outlet.
Kevin Erikson is the Executive Director of the musicians advocacy organization: Future of Music Coalition.
Marc Ribot: (guitarist) Ribot has recorded with Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Diana Krall, and many others, and produced 27 of his own recordings (see: Marcribot.com). Long active in musicians’ rights and community organizing, Mr. Ribot has been a founding member of the Music Workers Alliance, Indie Musicians Caucus of the AFM, Content Creators Coalition (C3, now Artist Rights Alliance), and Local 802/AFM's "Winter Jazz Festival Organizing Committee".
[Jerome Harris, musician and President of the Music Workers Alliance, will moderate.]
Sponsored by Indie Musicians Caucus of the AFM
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