SUNY Westchester Peekskill . 27 North Division Street . Peekskill NY 10566 . 914-606-7300 IN THE GALLERY Sherry Mayo, Burning Tower Panel Participants: Tony Rizzaro, AI for Good; Dana Hysell, Executive Director, Field Library, panel facilitator; (Joseph Thomas, CGI artist); Megan Meadowlark, Assistant Director, Arts Westchester; (Dr. Borim Song, Professor, East Carolina University, Arts Educator) Panel Discussion Thursday, April 22, 2027 | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm This is a workforce development event and is open to the public as part of the community engagement and education work that we do. Exhibition Date: January 11 - April 21, 2027 Opening Reception: Thursday, February 18, 2027 | 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Maintaining Human Agency, Authorship & Creative Control Illustration & Animation Showcase 2027 Through this exhibition, the Center celebrates the remarkable diversity of talent cultivated within its programs.Students in these applied learning pathways gain hands-on, industry-level experience, developing professional portfolios that prepare them for careers in the growing animation and digital media sectors. CO-CREATING WITH AI, PART II: FROM GENERATIVE TOOLS TO AN AI-INTEGRATED WORLD Just two years ago, much of the public conversation about artificial intelligence centered on generative AI: What can it create? Who owns the work? Will it replace artists and professionals? Is AI a tool, a collaborator, or a threat? Today, the conversation has dramatically expanded. AI is no longer primarily about generating content. It is becoming embedded in the ways we work, communicate, analyze information, make decisions, write code, conduct research, create art, and navigate everyday life. Co-Creating with AI, Part II revisits the conversation at this pivotal moment. The panel will explore the rapid evolution from generative AI toward conversational AI, analytical and reasoning systems, agentic AI, multimodal AI, and emerging practices such as “vibe coding,” in which natural-language interaction increasingly enables people to develop software and digital experiences without ttraditional programming workflows. What happens when AI moves from being a tool we prompt, to a system that can participate in complex workflows, analyze information, take actions, and collaborate with us over time? How are these developments reshaping creative practice, education, business, technology, and the workforce? The discussion will also examine the increasingly blurred boundaries between our professional, personal, and artistic relationships with AI. As artificial intelligence becomes more capable and more deeply integrated into everyday life, the questions surrounding it become increasingly human: What should remain uniquely ours? Where does authorship reside? How do we preserve critical thinking and creative agency? And how might we use these rapidly evolving technologies not simply to automate what we already do, but to imagine and create what comes next? Two years later, the question is no longer simply “What can we create with AI?” It is becoming “How do we want to live, work, and create alongside it?” 19
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