Why AI Needs the Humanities as a Partner Lecture — Presented by the Penn Wolf Humanities Center

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It is not hard to convince humanists that the field of artificial intelligence ought to be listening to us. What is not as widely recognized is that AI researchers know this and are seeking guidance. The tools produced by generative AI are effectively models of culture, and they fail to solve important problems without a model of cultural pluralism. After explaining why these problems matter—even to tech companies—Ted Underwood will explore the institutional conditions needed for humanists and computer scientists to work together as partners. Event details can be found here.

Speaker: Ted Underwood, Associate Professor and LAS Centennial Scholar of English, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Sponsored by The Penn Wolf Humanities Center & the Price Lab for Digital Humanities

• Where: Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, 6th floor, Van Pelt Library, 3420 Walnut Street
• Type: In-Person Event. You will need your PennID to access the building.
• Audience: Open to the Penn Community
• Registration is encouraged