Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 6 days ago

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The 2026 Torrance Festival of Ideas on CREATIVITY & AI (April 22-23) was organized by the Torrance Center for Creativity at the University of Georgia (UGA). Each session featured 3 individual talks followed by a panel discussion with all session speakers & panel moderators.

Session 4 Talks:
· Anil Doshi - AI and Ideas: Being Creative or Just Creating?
· Sabrina Habib - AI and Human Creativity: Mediated Agency
· Avigail Ferdman - When AI Creates Capacity-Hostile Environments: Structural Deskilling and Human Flourishing

Speakers & Affiliations:
· Anil Doshi, University College London, UK
· Sabrina Habib, University of South Carolina, USA
· Avigail Ferdman, Technion University, Israel

Panel Moderators & Affiliations:
· Shira Chess, University of Georgia, USA
· Anna Abraham, University of Georgia, USA

Festival Website: tinyurl.com/2026torrancefestival
Torrance Center Website: https://coe.uga.edu/directory/torrance-center/

Festival Organizer & Chair: ANNA ABRAHAM, Director - UGA’s Torrance Center for Creativity

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