Improbotics
30 Oct 2020 - 01 Nov 2020
Artificially intelligent and honestly human
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Théâtre L'improviste - 120 rue de Fierlant 1190
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What do words like ‘art’, ‘creativity’ and ‘humour’ mean in the era of smart technology and self-learning algorithms ? Can a robot ever make theatre and if so, what does this non-human theatre look like ?
Improbotics is a technologically advanced improvisational theater show including scientific experiment. A real Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot performs in this show - both as a robot and in a human body - and tries to convince the audience of its humanity. Will our software succeed in this Turingtest ? It’s the actors’ impossible and hilarious task to emotionally and physically justify every line the AI generates, even if it doesn’t make much sense.