An AI Open Mic for Robots & Poets
Performances by poets, artists, and technologists eager to experiment with AI not just as a tool, but as a co-creator—one that challenges, surprises, and extends our sense of poetic authorship.
March 30, 2025
Doors: 6:00PM
Sliding Scale: $0 – 30
All Ages
Seated Performance
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About the Event
Participants from Halim Madi's workshop, Weirding AI: Fine tuning and RAG for Poets & Artists, will perform their work in An AI Open Mic for Robots and Poets. Their works will explore AI-generated poetry and queer poetics by creating their own fine-tuned, AI-driven poetic voices. All works will use datasets curated by their creators as a mode of authorship.
Join us to see the results of their works uncovering how AI can serve as an extension of poetic intention, surprise, and enchantment.
About Halim Madi

Halim Madi
Halim Madi (he/they) is an artist, technologist, and writer exploring the intersections of language, computation, and performance. With a background in product management and electronic literature, Halim’s work spans interactive poetry, AI-driven storytelling, and experimental performance. He has developed projects at Gray Area, Counterpulse, and other art-tech spaces, focusing on how emerging technologies shape creative expression and cultural memory. As an educator and researcher, Halim has guided artists and technologists in integrating AI into their creative practices, emphasizing fine-tuning models for poetic and narrative applications. His work engages with themes of migration, hybridity, and digital embodiment, drawing from influences like Jorge Luis Borges, Arabic poetry traditions, and early web aesthetics. Halim has spoken and led workshops on AI, creative coding, and digital poetics, contributing to communities at the intersection of art and technology. His projects have been recognized by the Electronic Literature Organization and supported by organizations working on the future of language and computation. Originally from Lebanon, he is currently based in San Francisco, where he builds tools and experiences that challenge the boundaries between human and machine creativity.

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