Giovedì 30 novembre 2023, alle ore 17, in Aula 1 del Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, in Via del Lazzaretto Vecchio 8, si svolgerà l’incontro "What does artificial intelligence mean for writers?", nell’ambito del Corso di lingua inglese 2 della Laurea Magistrale in Lingue, Letterature e Turismo Culturale.

Parlerà il professor Collin Bjork, che è attualmente ‘Visiting Scholar’ presso l’Università di Lubiana grazie a una borsa di studio ‘Fullbright’.

LECTURE DESCRIPTION: The mainstream availability of generative artificial intelligence (AI) presents both opportunities and challenges for writers. This interactive presentation examines the mechanisms and ideologies that underpin these AI tools to illuminate how they are likely to impact the future of writing, especially in universities.

Collin Bjork is Senior Lecturer in English and Media Studies at Massey University in Aotearoa New Zealand. He is currently a Fulbright Fellow at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia. Collin is researching AI and writing, and he’s working on a book about rhetoric and podcasting. He is also executive producer of Pod Uni • Un podcast su Spotify for Podcasters, a podcast about podcasting.

Informazioni: prof. Piergiorgio Trevisan ptrevisan@units.it