field:work | Poetry in Computation (Machine Madlibs)

What happens when you view code and processes as integral to the creation of a poem? Machine Madlibs is an activity by Kapilan Naidu that offers an alternate perspective to fatalist attitudes toward generative AI, inviting participants to explore the creative possibilities and absurdities of Large Language Models. Together we'll feed it prompts, swap in words, and see what it does with them. Sometimes it's clever, sometimes it's absurd, and sometimes it misses the point in ways that say a lot about how these systems work. Bring a laptop or an iPad. No coding experience needed. Part of Poetry in Computation, field:work's series of artist-led sessions playing with algorithms, generative language, and machine-made writing.