Piotr Mirowski on the promise and perils of AI in theatre

Aug 1 (Reuters) – Piotr Mirowski occupies a rare space where theatre improvisation overlaps with artificial intelligence research.

The Poland-born computer scientist and actor has spent years experimenting with the ways that performers, audiences and language models can interact, producing hundreds of live shows and a body of academic research. Now a visiting researcher at Goldsmiths, University of London, Mirowski is preparing to take his latest production, “Improbotics Presents: Artificial Reality,” a high-tech satire in which a robot performs alongside a human cast, to this month’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe.