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SUMMARY:Rhythm and Keys: Music\, AI\, and the Human Touch
DESCRIPTION:Date: Wednesday\, December 2Time: 9am Pacific Time \n\n\n\nRhythm and Keys: Music\, AI\, and the Human Touch\nPianist Pablo Andrés Ruz Salmones and host Greg Cootsona\, a drummer\, explore what it means to create music in an AI-saturated world. Where does human creativity fit in a world of AI? What does it mean to create well\, and to stay fully human\, in an age when AI can generate music on demand? Pablo and Greg will discuss whether the key features of making music—listening\, collaboration\, and risk—can be outsourced or whether making music is distinctly human. \n\n\n\nMeet the Speakers:\n\nGreg Cootsona is the Executive Director for AI and Faith. He is also a lecturer in Comparative Religion and Humanities at California State University\, Chico\, and co-founder of Science for the Church\, a nonprofit bringing science and technology to Christian congregations. An ordained Presbyterian minister\, he serves as Pastor of Discipleship and Care at Bidwell Presbyterian Church. Greg has authored multiple books including Science and Religions in America (2023) and Negotiating Science and Religion in America (2020)\, both receiving major book nominations. He has directed $4.6 million in grants from organizations including the John Templeton Foundation\, focusing on emerging adult ministries and science-theology integration. With a Ph.D. in systematic and philosophical theology emphasizing theology and science\, Greg has appeared on major media outlets and spoken at several universities. He serves\, or has served\, on advisory councils for BioLogos\, Sinai and Synapses\, the Oxford Interfaith Forum\, and AAAS’s Dialogue on Science\, Ethics\, and Religion. \n\nPablo A. Ruz Salmones is a Mexican polymath. He is the founder and CEO of X eleva Group\, a leading Artificial Intelligence development firm in Mexico. He is also a pianist and composer\, having performed on stages in Mexico\, New Zealand\, and the United States. Pablo contributes regularly to various media outlets in Mexico and around the world\, and has delivered lectures on AI\, Ethics\, Art\, and other topics for renowned companies\, universities\, and research institutes in several countries He has published articles in international academic journals on Education for Sustainable Development\, in collaboration with researchers from Humboldt University in Berlin. In his free time\, he practices Kung Fu at the Shaolin Temple of Mexico. Pablo is also an AI and Faith expert and interviewer for our events.
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