468 | Can AI Be Poetic? A Dialogue on AI Ethics and Instapoetry in the 21st Century

This week, hosts Anthony Cruz and Maris Schneider are joined by Tanja Grubnic, a PhD Candidate in Western's Department of English. Tanja is interested in the ethics of generative AI. Tanja organized an event at Western called Can AI Be Creative? where she invited several guest speakers to tackle this topic. In this episode, Tanja shares some tips for other graduate students who might be interested in hosting similar events! For her PhD research, Tanja is conducting several case studies on so-called instapoets to explore how literature develops and spreads in the 21st century. Listen to learn all about her work. 

If this topic interests you, be sure to visit DLC+, Tanja's fantastic open-access research network for literary scholars!

Recorded on July 9, 2024.

Produced by Anthony Cruz.

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