Carr Crash - a Science Comedy Show

03/09/2023

AI cannot "create" material that is on the same level as human "intellectual property". At least, that's the view of the US courts who will refuse to even consider allowing copyright to apply to anything that wasn't created by a human.

A work of art created by artificial intelligence without any human input cannot be copyrighted under U.S. law, a U.S. court in Washington, D.C., has ruled.

03/09/2023

Will AI steal my job? That's the number one question when I talk to audiences about AI. This article from the Guardian suggests that it's possible, but also that there'll be new jobs that open up. Certainly AI does some parts of some jobs really well, but it's not the complete package. Come along to one of our comedy shows and put your mind at ease by finding out about a bit more about AI - you'll laugh and learn!

The rise of AI will destroy jobs – but also create them. And if you didn’t nab that £700,000 role at Netflix, there are plenty of new positions in the offing, many in surprising areas

03/09/2023

Using ideogram.ai to generate some artwork for the show. Prompt is 'a poster for a film called "Carr Crash" with a grandfather and younger woman with futuristic computers and robots'

03/09/2023

Using Midjourney to generate futuristic images as artwork for the show, based on our normal show artwork.

03/09/2023

The standard artwork about the show, sans dates

03/09/2023

The show is going on a mini-tour in Sept/Oct 2023! Leslie was advised (it feels more like "dared" in retrospect) to just book some theatre venues because people would obviously come to hear about AI and ChatGPT. They didn't warn me how much admin that booking venues and then promoting the show would involve!!

03/09/2023

Another photo from a performance of the show at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2022!

03/09/2023

A sweet photo from a performance of the show at the Edinburgh Fringe.