Directed Improvisation with AI

3 Credits.

This exploratory PhD seminar invites students into the emerging space where human research practices and artificial intelligence begin to intersect. Framed by the concept of directed improvisation, the course treats the human researcher as a director—shaping the conditions and prompts under which AI, like a responsive actor, contributes to the creative process. AI is not approached as a shortcut, a threat, or mere tool, but as a partner in co-creation. The course covers the intellectual history of AI, contemporary debates, and practical applications of AI for research tasks. This is not a course with prepackaged answers. Our goal is to think and practice together, engaging in a range of novel questions that haven’t yet been fully named.