AI: When a Robot Writes a Play, with TomasPetrik and Jacob Erftemeijer. Photo: Alena Hrbkova.
A two-part interactive afternoon will feature a screening of the experimental play AI: When a Robot Writes a Play, written in full by a computer and performed by the Svanda Theatre in Prague in 2021. The screening will be followed by a workshop led by Daniel Hrbek, David Kostak, and Rudolf Rosa, offering participants the chance to collaborate with a robot on composing a script.
The session will be hands-on, participants are encouraged to bring their own laptop.
Can a robot write a play? How does its writing process look like? What kind of input can spur an AI’s creativity to construct a desired scene? How far has modern technology evolved in terms of robotic writing? The creators of the first-ever computer-written play will present the THEaiTRE project, which explores the creative possibilities of artificial intelligence in playwriting.
During the workshop, Rudolf Rosa will explain the origins of the project from a technical point of view and share his experiences in ‘training’ a computer to write theater lines. David Kostak will demonstrate how to work with a program that could become the writing tool of the future, describing the software’s possibilities and current limitations. Under his supervision, participants will have the opportunity to experiment with crafting a script with a robot.
Free and open to the public. Online registration through Eventbrite is required.
The 2022 Rehearsal for Truth Theater Festival is dedicated to the people of Ukraine fighting for their independence. 🇺🇦 Suggested donation ($10) will be used to support Ukrainian refugees. All collected funds will be donated to People in Need, a Czech non-governmental, non-profit organization with over 20 years of experience in helping people in emergencies all over the world.
Wearing of a face mask inside the venue is required.
For more information about this reading and the 2022 Rehearsal for Truth Theater Festival program, visit www.rehearsalfortruth.org.
Project partners: THEaiTRE, TACR (The project TL03000348 THEaiTRE: Artificial Intelligence as the Author of the Play is co-financed with state support of the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic within the ETA Program 3); Institute of Formal and Applied Linguistics at the Computer Science School, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Czech Republic; CEE Hacks; Prg.ai; Theatre Faculty, the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, and Czech Centers.
ABOUT THE 2022 REHEARSAL FOR TRUTH THEATER FESTIVAL
The 2022 Rehearsal for Truth Theater Festival: Under Pressure is organized by the Vaclav Havel Library Foundation and the Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association in partnership with the Polish Cultural Institute New York, GOH Productions, Czech National Trust, Terezin Music Foundation, Trap Door Theatre, and Yara Arts Group.
The festival is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, Consulate General of the Czech Republic in New York, Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, Ministry of Human Capacities, Hungary, and Society for the History of Czechoslovak Jews.