Science fiction writer and AI theorist Ted Chiang discusses the tensions between art and AI.
Ted Chiang is an American science fiction writer. His work has won four Nebula awards, four Hugo awards, six Locus awards, and the PEN Malamud Award. His novella Story of Your Life was the basis of the film Arrival (2016). His most recent short story collection, Exhalation (Knopf), was listed as one of the Top Ten Books of 2019 by The New York Times, and included in President Barack Obama’s 2019 reading list. In 2023, he was named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in AI.
Watch a screening of Arrival on Sept. 18!
Presented by the Departments of English and Computer Science. This event is co-sponsored by the Departments of American Studies, Asian Studies, Black Studies, Cognitive Science, Critical Theory & Social Justice, Media Arts & Culture, Philosophy, and Physics; the Core Program; OxyArts; Remsen Bird; and the Dean's Office.
