12:00: Artificial intelligence in higher ed
1:00: Separating the art from the artist
Five years ago, AI was hardly a priority on higher ed campuses. Now it's becoming mandatory coursework. At the Golisano Institute for Business & Entrepreneurship in Rochester, students now take 12 credits of coding, analytics, and AI. And the institute will be launching a new AI and Business program. For students who don't want to learn AI, will they be left behind in the future job market? Our guests discuss the challenge of preparing students for a very different world. In studio:
- Ian Mortimer, president of Golisano Institute for Business & Entrepreneurship
- Max Post, student at Golisano Institute for Business & Entrepreneurship and artificial intelligence engineer for New Vision Development Group
Then in our second hour, three-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone shocked the theater world with a series of incendiary remarks in an interview with the New Yorker. Some of LuPone's fans have responded with ambivalence, saying they love her work, even if they don't love... her. So how should art consumers consider the creator of the art? Where should the line be drawn? Is there a difference between consuming art created by a deceased artists, versus a living artist? Our guests discuss it:
- Mona Seghatoleslami, music director, host, and producer for WXXI Classical 91.5 FM, and music coordinator for the Little Cafe
- Matt Passantino, film critic for CITY Magazine
- Thomas Warfield, director of dance at RIT and inaugural professor of practice at NTID
*Note: "Connections" is livestreamed each day on the WXXI News YouTube channel. Watch here.
