Thank you!!

Thanks Micah!!

The show is going to blow people's minds, and I think it's just the beginning. I'm excited to get @coschoolofmines.bsky.social researchers and research in front of non-academic audiences in such a fun way and am sure we'll keep doing it!

1. STEMProv: a local (Black woman led!) improv group that will be reforming to do their first show since before the pandemic: a longform improv set inspired by a monologue from Naomi Fitter, with periodic interventions from a robot from my lab!

2. Subtext Improv (yes that's me in the back --- my profile picture is from the same photoshoot!) improvising a sci-fi novel! With two new members performing for their first time!

3. My Mines colleague @estellesmithphd.bsky.social, a longtime singer and comedian, roasting AI in song.

4. Robot themed improv group Not My Robot, who have previously come to my robotics classes to help teach student improv-based robot design principles, doing an even more roboty set than normal 🤖

The show will feature (in reverse order):
5. Headliner Naomi Fitter from @oregonstate.edu doing standup with her robot, who autonomously adjusts its joke delivery (all human written jokes!) based on audience response. Naomi gave a killer seminar on her robot comedy research yesterday at Mines.

Thank you Chad! I wish I was able to stay for longer and explore Michigan :(
Next time!!

Thank you Nana!!