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Celebrating Recent Work by Dennis Yi Tenen

Literary Theory for Robots
April 17, 2024
6:15 PM - 8:00 PM
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Heyman Center Second Floor Common Room, Zoom

Join us for our New Books Series event honoring Literary Theory for Robots: How Computers Learned to Write by Dennis Yi Tenen. In this provocative reflection on the shared pasts of literature and computer science, former Microsoft engineer and professor of literature Dennis Yi Tenen provides crucial context for recent developments in AI, which holds important lessons for the future of humans living with smart technology.


Professor Tenen will be joined by panelists Lucia Allais, Denise Cruz, and John Durham Peters.

Wednesday, April 17, 2024, 6:15 pm EDT | In person at the Heyman Center and online via Zoom.

Registration required