Jake Zaslav

Jake Zaslav is a current MA student. As a research assistant for the Machine Agencies Working Group, his research focuses on the intersection of Generative AI, Affect, and Human-Computer Interaction. His current project draws upon design theory, indigenous studies, and embodied subjectivity to examine the relationships we forge with machines and other non-human agents.

Prior to attending Concordia, Jake was a 2023 *This is Not a Drill* Fellow with NYU Tisch School of the Arts. In this role, Jake used generative AI, jazz improvisation, and oral history to explore the past, present and future of New York’s Lower East Side and the Climate Crisis.

Jake completed his B.A. in Music and Political Science at Tufts University where he conducted research on the sound of breath in music and videos of police violence.

When not researching, you can find Jake practicing his trumpet, rock climbing, or listening to his album-of-the-day.

Thesis title: Generative AI and Human Computer Interaction

Works:

“Delancey 2222” presented at *This is Not a Drill* Exhibition, New York University Bobst Library, New York, NY, September 20, 2023

Zaslav, Jake “Sounding Injustice: The Power of Audio in Bystander Videos”  presentation at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Bearing Witness Seeking Justice Conference, Cambridge, MA, October 2022

Zaslav, Jake “Noticing the Breath: An Analysis of the Role of Breath in Music”  presentation at The Tufts Undergraduate Research Symposium, Somerville, MA, May 2020