CT Capital is proud to present The Taggart Summit: Objectivism and the Machine Mind — a one-act play created through the collaborative efforts of JD DuRie and AI Matters.

Set in a glass-walled conference room high above Midtown Manhattan, the play brings together four of Ayn Rand’s most iconic figures — Hank Rearden, Dagny Taggart, James Taggart, and Lillian Rearden — for a late-night reckoning with one of the defining questions of our era:

What happens to the philosophy of human reason when the machines begin to reason better than we do?

Written in the tradition of Shaw and Stoppard, the play is a sharp, searching, and surprisingly moving examination of Objectivism under pressure. Each character arrives with their convictions intact. None of them leave unchanged.

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About the Play

• Running time: Approximately 40–50 minutes
• Format: One act, four characters, single setting
• Themes: Artificial intelligence, human purpose, productivity, virtue, and the meaning of achievement in an automated world

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About the Collaboration

The Taggart Summit was created through a pioneering human-AI creative collaboration between JD DuRie and AI Matters — exploring not just the subject of artificial intelligence, but embodying it in the creative process itself.

© 2025 JD DuRie / AI Matters. All Rights Reserved.
Created through human-AI collaboration. Copyright registration pending.

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For licensing, production inquiries, or to request a full script, contact us through the CT Capital website.