March 17 @ 6:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Join Dr. Annette Vee from the University of Pittsburgh for a fascinating exploration of the historical roots of AI-generated writing. This public talk, open to all, will take place on March 17 in Schewel – Sydnor Performance Hall.
While AI tools like ChatGPT have recently brought automated writing into the spotlight, the quest to mechanize writing dates back centuries. From 18th-century androids to 19th-century spiritualism to 20th-century computer science, past attempts to automate writing have always reflected deeper ideas about intelligence and what it means to be human.
