PI: Alexander Cohen (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

Title: Atlanta Beltline and AI: participatory workshops on how food delivery ai bots have affected the beltline ecosystems for cyclists and runners

Performing AI Ethics explores how artificial intelligence is publicly framed, justified, and normalized through panels, podcasts, and policy conversations. The project combines live performance with deepfaked media, staging interactions between live actors and simulated AI ethics figures to expose how authority, urgency, and moral responsibility are performed. Developed for Atlanta audiences, the work focuses on the environmental and civic impacts of AI infrastructure, including data centers and surveillance technologies. Through performance and discussion, the project invites audiences to question dominant AI narratives and imagine alternative futures.