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All Improv Perfomers All Improv Gigs Dave Fowler Drums Performer Bio (Max 1000 characters) London and South East improv gigs London Improvisers Orchestra #38 9 July 2025 London Improvisers Orchestra #37 8 March 2025 Performer notes, message or style description http://Website or social media email or phone number

< Back Victorian Belief That Rail Travel Causes Instant Insanity “Railway madmen” were thought to be activated by the sounds and motion of train travel. Thoughts of innovation and new technology would drive people completely crazy are not a new phenomenon. Atlas Obscura 4 Jan 2024 Thoughts of innovation and new technology would drive people completely crazy are not a new phenomenon. There was a Victorian belief that a train ride could cause instant insanity. 'As Edwin Fuller Torrey and Judy Miller wrote in The Invisible Plague: The Rise of Mental Illness from 1750 to the Present, trains were believed to “injure the brain.” In particular, the jarring motion of the train was alleged to unhinge the mind and either drive sane people mad or trigger violent outbursts from a latent “lunatic.” Mixed with the noise of the train car, it could, it was believed, shatter nerves. In the 1860s and ‘70s, reports began emerging of bizarre passenger behavior on the railways. When seemingly sedate people boarded trains, they suddenly began behaving in socially unacceptable ways.' https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/railway-madness-victorian-trains For more: Previous Next

All Improv Perfomers All Improv Gigs Chris Arnold Performer Bio (Max 1000 characters) London and South East improv gigs SKRONK #175 1 July 2025 Performer notes, message or style description http://Website or social media email or phone number

All Improv Perfomers All Improv Gigs Maggie Nichols Voice Performer Bio (Max 1000 characters) London and South East improv gigs ImproVox #05 10 December 2024 Performer notes, message or style description http://Website or social media email or phone number

All Improv Perfomers All Improv Gigs Dave Draper Performer Bio (Max 1000 characters) London and South East improv gigs SKRONK #5 9 August 2016 Performer notes, message or style description http://Website or social media email or phone number

< Back Hoodwinked: Deception And Cooperation In A Text-Based Game For Language Models Are current language models capable of deception and lie detection? Cornell University 4 Aug 2023 Are current language models capable of deception and lie detection? We study this question by introducing a text-based game called Hoodwinked , inspired by Mafia and Among Us. Players are locked in a house and must find a key to escape, but one player is tasked with killing the others. Each time a murder is committed, the surviving players have a natural language discussion then vote to banish one player from the game. We conduct experiments with agents controlled by GPT-3, GPT-3.5, and GPT-4 and find evidence of deception and lie detection capabilities. The killer often denies their crime and accuses others, leading to measurable effects on voting outcomes. More advanced models are more effective killers, outperforming smaller models in 18 of 24 pairwise comparisons. Secondary metrics provide evidence that this improvement is not mediated by different actions, but rather by stronger persuasive skills during discussions. To evaluate the ability of AI agents to deceive humans, we make this game publicly available at this https URL . https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.01404 For more: AI, LLM, Algorithm, Security Previous Next

All Improv Perfomers All Improv Gigs Andrew Page Performer Bio (Max 1000 characters) London and South East improv gigs SKRONK #178 16 September 2025 Performer notes, message or style description http://Website or social media email or phone number

< Back Challenges of Living with Artificial Intelligence This podcast touches on some of the most important ethical and creative challenges that AI poses to music-making and the creative industries more generally. Could a robot improvise in a jazz band? What is the difference between an AI playing a piano and a pianola? Living With AI Podcast 2 Jan 2024 Podcast: AI Music: Duelling against a Robot Piano! This podcast was recorded in 2021, two years before ChatGPT launched its groundbreaking AI. The podcast touches on some of the most important ethical and creative challenges that AI poses to music-making and the creative industries more generally. Could a robot improvise in a jazz band? An AI drummer that can maintain time and not run out of energy could be a good thing - no? What is the difference between an AI playing a piano and a pianola? Even in 2021, there were robots that could take cues from a nod of the head. ___ If music be the food of love, AI. We talk to Professor Steve Benford about robots playing music. The panel guests are Stuart Middleton, Alan Chamberlain and Paurav Shukla. This Podcast was recorded on 11th March 2021 Podcast Host: Sean Riley The UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (TAS) Hub Website https://www.buzzsprout.com/1447474/8287907-ai-music-duelling-against-a-robot-piano For more: Previous Next

< Back Link Between Musical Preferences And Inner Moral Compass A study has uncovered a connection between individuals' musical preferences and their moral values, shedding new light on the profound influence that music can have on our moral compass. Queen Mary, University of London 16 Jan 2024 The research, conducted by a team of scientists at Queen Mary University of London and ISI Foundation in Turin, Italy, employed machine learning techniques to analyse the lyrics and audio features of individuals' favorite songs, revealing a complex interplay between music and morality. The results demonstrated that a combination of lyrical and audio features outperformed basic demographic information in predicting individuals' moral compass. Specifically, musical elements like pitch and timbre emerged as crucial predictors for values of Care and Fairness, while sentiments and emotions expressed in lyrics were more effective in predicting traits of Loyalty, Authority, and Purity. The study's implications extend beyond mere academic curiosity, holding the potential to impact how we engage with and utilise music in diverse aspects of life. “Our breakthrough can pave the way for applications ranging from personalised music experiences to innovative music therapy and communication campaigns,” commented Dr Kyriaki Kalimeri, senior co-author of the study and researcher at ISI Foundation. Published: 29 Nov 2023. https://www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2023/se/a-new-study-unveils-the-link-between-musical-preferences-and-our-inner-moral-compass.html For more: Machine Learning, Meta Tags, Audio Previous Next

All Improv Perfomers All Improv Gigs Laura Sampson Performer Bio (Max 1000 characters) London and South East improv gigs SKRONK #4 19 July 2016 SKRONK #5 9 August 2016 Performer notes, message or style description http://Website or social media email or phone number

All Improv Perfomers All Improv Gigs Sid Hope Performer Bio (Max 1000 characters) London and South East improv gigs SKRONK #176 15 July 2025 SKRONK #177 2 September 2025 SKRONK #178 16 September 2025 SKRONK #175 1 July 2025 Performer notes, message or style description http://Website or social media email or phone number

All Improv Perfomers All Improv Gigs Alex Ward Guitar,Clarinet Performer Bio (Max 1000 characters) London and South East improv gigs Boat-Ting Sep18 3 September 2018 Boat-Ting Feb19 4 February 2019 Boat-Ting Jan23 9 January 2023 Boat-Ting Nov24 4 November 2024 ImproVox #03 30 September 2024 Load More Performer notes, message or style description http://Website or social media email or phone number