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Sep 7

39m 33s

Beyond the Talk: Salome Agbaroji and Sam...

About this episode

In a conversation about the intersection of art and AI, spoken word poet Salome Agbaroji and musician Samora Pinderhughes sit down with Elise Hu, host of TED Talks Daily, to talk about their practices, the importance of community art programs and the impact of technology on human creativity. The two discuss why the influence of technology isn't something you can simply turn off and turn on again — and explore how to avoid compromising humanity for the sake of technological advancement. "The human experience is a very real one that we shouldn’t neglect,” says Agbaroji.

Samora Pinderhughes' Links

Black Spring Mixtape

https://www.healingprojectsound.org/

2025 MoMA Adobe Creative Resident

Salome Agbaroji's Links

TED Talk: "The Unprompted," a poem that AI will never understand

Website: https://www.salomeagbaroji.com/

Instagram: @salomeagbaroji

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