Media Industries and AI: Critical Conversations
Film/Movie
Lecture/Discussion/Panel/Talk/Q&A/Seminar
Technology
Pollock Theater
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Date & Time
Sat, Oct 25 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Address (map)
4429 SSMS UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4010
Venue (website)
Pollock Theater
Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming the media industries, reshaping film, television, gaming, and streaming through automation, predictive analytics, and algorithmic recommendation.
These shifts raise urgent questions: how are production practices, creative labor, and distribution strategies being reconfigured? Which corporations and infrastructures are driving these changes, and with what cultural, political, and economic effects?
This panel brings together media practitioners, executives, scholars, and analysts to discuss the implications of AI for audiences, industry structures, and media scholarship, and to reflect on how these transformations are redefining the future of creative work and entertainment.
This special event marks the launch of the Carsey-Wolf Center’s new multi-year research initiative on Media Industries and AI.
The afternoon will open with remarks by Carsey-Wolf Center founding benefactor Dick Wolf (Wolf Entertainment).
The panel will feature Jennifer Howell (Deep Voodoo), Ian Krietzberg (Puck), Lisa Parks (Film and Media Studies, UCSB), Rick Rosen (WME Agency), and Elliot Wolf (Wolf Games).
The moderator for the event will be Ross Melnick (interim director of the Carsey-Wolf Center).
A reception in the Michael Douglas lobby will follow the event.
