#EnglishCreates: Futures
How can English students bring their skills to bear on the 'AI question'? One way is through memes like this, which harnesses a combination of humour and critique to reflect on the issue of bias
- credit Charlotte Wong, Hanna Fischer, Sin Ka Lau (University of Reading)
#EnglishCreates: Futures
Today's carousel of images creatively highlights the problem of bias in AI image generation. Credit to Dimitra Katsampa, Mina Babapour & Hugo Martin (English BA students, University of Reading)
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#EnglishCreates: Futures
Is AI capable of being 'original'? How might English studies help us to think about this question?
Here's one example: a brilliant (and yes, original!) meme created by students from the University of Reading
- credit Charlotte Wong, Hanna Fischer, Sin Ka Lau
#EnglishCreates: Futures
There's been a lot of negativity around the topic, but might AI actually be able to assist in the writing of creative work?
Today, English undergraduates from the University of Reading blog in response to this question: universityenglish.ac.uk/creative-wri...
As part of our AI month, University of Reading students explore AI in English through blogs, memes & short videos.
They tackle creativity, bias & manipulation - neither pro nor anti, but curious, critical & often funny.
First meme by Charlotte Wong, Hanna Fischer & Sin Ka Lau -share your thoughts!
#EnglishCreates: Futures
Can AI think? Can English studies help us to understand its place in the world?
Today, students from the University of Reading share their answers to these and other questions - watch at the link below!
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Credit Josh Lee, Keeva Short, James Newby
#EnglishCreates: Futures
How does AI reshape our ideas around creativity, and how can we respond?
Here is just one of several student-made memes we're sharing as part of our month on AI, made by Charlotte Wong, Hanna Fischer, Sin Ka Lau (University of Reading).
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University English
"If you could change one common opinion about the English Literature degree or literature in general, what would it be?"
In preparation for our symposium (www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/englishcre...), we've asked our student panellists the question above.
Here's the first of many insights they'll share!
This looks like a tremendous event, on labouring-class poetry, in Manchester, this Saturday.
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#EnglishCreates: Futures
Are we able to differentiate between AI vs human-written texts?
This is the question asked in today's blog by students from the University of Reading: universityenglish.ac.uk/are-we-able-...
Do you agree with their conclusions?
A small number of tickets are remaining for our annual lecture this Saturday in Manchester at the John Rylands Library. Book your tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/annual-joh...
Society for the Study of Labour History
Professor John Goodridge will deliver a talk on working class writers, 'Reading by glow worm: the struggles of labouring-class poets'