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Applications are now open for students aged 14–20 who want to explore artificial intelligence as a tool for creativity, learning, and reimagining sustainable futures.
Hands-On AI Visualization and Creation
In this immersive AI Worldbuilding Bootcamp, led by Cyndi Coon, AI Futurist, participants will embark on a journey of speculative fiction creation, using AI as a collaborative storytelling partner. Through an interactive and interdisciplinary approach, teams will construct speculative worlds by generating data-driven narratives, characters, and soundscapes.
The Terra Prime Card activity, created and led by Dr. Manuel Montoya, will serve as a foundation for worldbuilding, guiding participants as they blend AI storytelling, scientific principles, cultural perspectives, and imaginative speculation. By integrating data insights, multimedia elements, and AI-driven creative tools, teams will produce a speculative fiction experience that explores the future through a fusion of science, technology, and artistic expression.
Bootcamp Details:
Who Can Attend: Open to ages 14–20
Date and Time: April 26, 2025, from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location: UNM Taos HIVE, 1146 Gusdorf Rd, Taos, NM
Meals and Travel Support: Lunch and snacks provided.
*Parent travel stipends are available for students traveling more than 30 miles to attend.
Explore the Future of AI with Leading Experts
Cyndi Coon – AI for Creative and Visionary Projects
Cyndi Coon will guide participants through hands-on workshops exploring how AI can be used as a tool for artistic expression, storytelling, and world-building. Students will engage in collaborative AI exercises, learning how to harness emerging technologies for imaginative and sustainable design.
Cyndi Coon sees data as a creative material—just like paint, clay, or words—a medium for shaping ideas, telling stories, and imagining the future. As an applied futurist and creative, she guides participants through hands-on AI worldbuilding, helping them explore how emerging technologies can be used for speculative fiction, storytelling, and designing human-centered futures.
Dr. Manuel Montoya – Cultural Perspectives in Science and Art
Dr. Manuel Montoya, an economics professor at UNM, will introduce his Terra Prime card activity, encouraging students to integrate their cultural backgrounds and perspectives into scientific and artistic problem-solving. This exercise will challenge participants to imagine new ways of relating to technology, culture, and the environment.
Daisy Thomas – AI and Ethics
Special guest speaker, Daisy Thomas, will lead an interactive discussion on AI and ethics, sharing insights into the responsibilities and ethical dilemmas surrounding AI. Students will reflect on how AI can be developed and used responsibly to shape equitable and just future societies.
Final Student-Created Deliverables
A Song or Spoken Word with Music created using Suno AI
A Speculative Fiction Story developed with ChatGPT
A Podcast or Audio Narrative structured with NotebookLM
A Worldbuilding FAQ to clarify the details of their imagined society
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