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Demand for mental healthcare is rising worldwide, while therapists and care systems remain overstretched. A new generation of AI-powered tools, from conversational companions to clinically supervised digital therapies, expand access to support and may be reducing pressure on care providers. But mental health is built on trust, empathy, and human connection. Can algorithms portray these qualities and should it be allowed in the mental healthcare space?
Centuries of art history assumed a human author. That assumption is now in question. As AI systems produce novels, visual art, and film at industrial scale, the definition of creativity — and the economic architecture that rewards it — is fracturing in real time. In this talk, Lev Manovich traces how generative AI is reshaping the way culture is made and shared. Looking at both art history and today’s digital platforms, he examines a simple but urgent question: when machines can generate endlessly, what still makes human creativity stand out?