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From "Monkeys on Typewriters" to "Hallucinating Large Language Models": What Might "AI" Systems Learn from Engagement with Artists and Writers?

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Venue: Birkbeck 43 Gordon Square

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From "Monkeys on Typewriters" to "Hallucinating Large Language Models": What Might "AI" Systems Learn from Engagement with Artists and Writers?

Come join us to celebrate Bloomsday 2023 in Bloomsbury, London in the company of pioneering computer artist, Paul Brown and celebrated writer, Tony White, author of novels including The Fountain in the Forest (Faber) as well as editor of the cult Piece of Paper Press. The evening combines performative readings, visual presentation and an 'in conversation' exchange between Brown and Dr Joel McKim, Director of the Vasari Centre for Art and Technology at Birkbeck. The event will also feature the launch of the print catalogue for Brown's current and forthcoming Retrospective exhibition in London and Leicester, published by the Computer Arts Society [CAS]. This is a signed and numbered limited edition publication and will be available for purchase.  Dr Bronac Ferran, contributor of a CAS-commissioned essay on Brown's work for the catalogue, will introduce the event and moderate the discussion.

 

Schedule:              6:30 pm       Arrival

                              6:40 pm       Welcome & introduction - Bronac Ferran

                              6:45 pm       'Bloomsday Readings' - Tony White

                              7:15 pm       Break

                              7:30 pm       'Brave New World' - Paul Brown presentation

                                                  Discussant - Joel McKim

                              8:15 pm        Q&A (All Speakers)

                              8:30 pm        Catalogue launch and signing (with refreshments)

                                            

This event is organized by Dr Bronac Ferran and generously supported by the Computer Arts Society, The Experimental Humanities Collaborative Network, The School of Arts and the Vasari Centre for Art and Technology at Birkbeck, University of London. We wish to acknowledge the support of Dr Sean Clark, chair of the Computer Arts Society and curator of the Retrospective exhibition.

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