So I don't think AI is just the new printing press or whatever.

whatever.So this is a, a chronic problem that happens, but I am worried for our industry, for people, jobs that are gonna be replaced.

That said, I think the benefit sort of remains to be seen.

I think the thing that is most exciting to me are what is unique about people, people, people's idiosyncrasies, and the large language models are, you know, you're being fed something that exists, but it's not a new idea.

It's like maybe mashing up stuff that has been existing.

But it's not a living, breathing human soul with all of its complications and complexities, and I just don't think that that thing will ever be able to replace the spirit.

I mean, not to get too existential, but, you know, when someone dies, the body is there, the spirit is gone, and that is no longer the same thing.

I

was very fortunate.

I went to Northwestern and there were a group of Northwestern students that had founded this theater company called Looking Glass Theater Company that was newish and up and coming when I got out of school.

And there was a director who was a graduate student when I was an undergraduate named Mary Zimmerman, who's gone on to have this very illustrious career.

Tony Award winning director.

She directs frequently at the Met all over the country.

And she was doing her early direction.

And just what was that like? I

I

was very fortunate.

I went to Northwestern and there were a group of Northwestern students that had founded this theater company called Looking Glass Theater Company that was newish and up and coming when I got out of school.

And there was a director who was a graduate student when I was an undergraduate named Mary Zimmerman, who's gone on to have this very illustrious career.

Tony Award winning director.

She directs frequently at the Met all over the country.

And she was doing her early direction.

And just what was that like? I