Practices, Not Prophecies: An Interdisciplinary AI Conversation 

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• Location TBD
• Free and open to the public
• February 18, 6:00 – 7:30 PM

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About

In response to Generation to Generation: Conversing with Kindred Technologies, this interdisciplinary panel brings together Shana Ponelis, Nathaniel Stern, Brooke Slavens, and Ilya Avdeev for an open, practice-driven conversation about what it actually means to work with AI today. Rather than rehearsing familiar hype or fear narratives, the discussion centers on lived experience across art, design, engineering, and research—where AI creates real opportunities, introduces tangible risks, and is often misunderstood. The panel invites the audience into a candid exchange about agency, responsibility, and how we might move beyond spectacle toward more intentional and ethical engagements with intelligent systems. 

Practices Not Prophecies: An Interdisciplinary AI Conversation is supported by the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center. This event is part of the Center for 21st Century Studies’ Aesthetics, Art, & AI series, produced in collaboration with the Center for the Humanities at UW-Madison, with support from the Consortium for Humanities Centers and Institutes (CHCI).

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