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AI Cyber Lunch: "AI and the Writer: How Technology Is Impacting Creative Writing"

Open to the Public

Please join the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program and HKS Library and Research Services for an AI Cyber Lunch Seminar featuring Katy Gero, Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University's Glassman Lab. In a talk entitled "AI and the Writer: How Technology is Impacting Creative Writing," Gero will explore how and why writers use computer-generated text, as well as the implications of doing so.

Q&A to follow. Buffet-style lunch will be served.

Registration: In-person attendance is limited to current Harvard ID holders. No RSVP is required. Room capacity is limited and seating will be on a first come, first served basis.

Members of the public are welcome to attend virtually via Zoom. Virtual attendees should register using the button below; upon registering, attendees will receive a confirmation email with a Zoom link. 

Recording: Please be advised that this seminar will not be recorded. The event organizers prohibit any attendees, including journalists, from audio/visual recording or distributing parts or all of the event program without prior written authorization.

Accessibility: Persons with disabilities who wish to request accommodations or who have questions about access, please contact Liz Hanlon (ehanlon@hks.harvard.edu) in advance of the session.

Date: Time: - Location: Rubenstein Building - David T. Ellwood Democracy Lab, Room 414AB
Courtesy of Katy Gero

Speaker

Katy Ilonka Gero is a human-AI interaction researcher, with a focus on technology for creative writing and understanding the limits and capabilities of large language models. She is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University and completed her PhD at Columbia University in 2022. Her work has been supported by the NSF and the Brown Institute for Media Innovation. She is also a poet and essayist, with work published in The HTML Review, Catapult, and Wired, among others. She is on the editorial team for taper, a literary magazine for small computational pieces.