Lecture, Barnard's Inn Hall, Tuesday, 1 Dec 2026 - 18:00

AI as Muse? Creativity, Provocation and Human Ownership

A woman in a white, paint-splattered lab coat looks on as a sleek, white humanoid robot holds a paintbrush and paints on a canvas supported by a wooden easel

Generative systems now produce text, music and design with ease, yet they sample vast latent spaces without intention or risk. This lecture reframes AI not as a creator, but as a provocateur that disrupts habits and surfaces possibility. Creativity remains embodied and accountable; we ask who retains authorship and who answers for what is made.

Professor Matt Jones

Professor Matt Jones

IT Livery Company Professor of Information Technology

Matt Jones is a computer scientist at Swansea University - and a Fellow of the British Computer Society - who works alongside colleagues from many...

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