Citizen AI - AI Cafe

​Join the AI Cafe—a structured space for public conversation and dialogue on AI. At the AI Cafe, we welcome people who bring their own topics, interesting tidbits, or questions and concerns about AI, or who simply come to listen and learn from others. Whether you're enthusiastic or skeptical about AI, and whether you have expert knowledge or only basic familiarity, you have a seat at our table!

Participation is free. We host weekly discussion sessions and often invite contributors to join us and lead a discussion.

📆 On Tuesday, November 17, we welcome Elena Krumova as our AI Cafe contributor.

➡️ Elena's session will focus on the question: How is creative work impacted by GenAI, if it is? We will discuss what makes people creative, how the creative process works for us, and how GenAI may be incorporated into it. We will talk about how different this technology is from other digital technologies before it and whether it changes the creative process in any way. We will work through open-ended discussion points and survey questions Elena is currently working on for her research project.

​About: Elena Krumova is a sociologist, educator, and activist for responsible AI in New York City. She teaches at Columbia University, where she prepares MA students to become future researchers and data scientists.  Beyond her university role, Dr. Krumova serves as an adviser with the Women in AI Ethics organization, mentoring fellows on projects that explore the societal implications of emerging tech. Currently, she is developing a research project on creativity and artificial intelligence, specifically as it is deployed by visual artists and musicians/composers.

👉 To be featured as an AI Cafe contributor and present your work, email us at cfc2149@columbia.edu.

ℹ️ This event is part of the Citizen AI Project. We are an NSF-funded interdisciplinary group of academics, artists, technologists, teachers, small business owners, community organizers, and professionals dedicated to discussing ideas and co-designing responsible AI principles and tools.

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