AI HAMLET is a Musical Parody performed on the stage in one-act (approximately one-hour, without intermission). It features a trio of first-year associate lawyers, three monkeys, an AI super-computer named HAL, and a ghost of Hamlet. The characters face numerous obstacles, assorted villains, including a mad scientist, and an impossible deadline.
The narrative revolves around the lawyers using HAL in an experiment to write an amicus brief defending the open development of AI applications against restrictive regulations. Meanwhile, the monkeys, as a control group in the experiment, attempt to randomly write Shakespeare's Hamlet with HAL's assistance.
The storyline explores the moral ethical implications of artificial intelligence in the legal profession and lawyers acting unethically, and the larger questions of consciousness and sentience; in the future, how will we perceive and act with superior machine intelligences, and they with us?
The multilingual songs and dialogue announce issues of diversity, inclusion, equity discrimination, bullying, and sexual harassment that are explored throughout the performance.
AI HAMLET combines humor, drama, and personal exploration as the characters navigate the intersection of law and technology, delving into deeper themes of moral ethics and human nature.
