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Professor Alan Blackwell, Professor of Interdisciplinary Design, Fellow, Darwin College
Tuesday 14 October 2025, 13:10-14:00
Being a Person in the Age of Slop and Super-Tools
- đ¤ Speaker: Professor Alan Blackwell, Professor of Interdisciplinary Design, Fellow, Darwin College
- đ Date & Time: Tuesday 14 October 2025, 13:10 - 14:00
- đ Venue: 1 Newnham Terrace, Darwin College
Abstract
The news media report daily on the future of creative professions, as generative AI writes novels, renders films, and produces music. Yet every human has the “creative profession” of constructing themselves as a person. How does this change when AI businesses, social media and recommender algorithms get involved in telling our life stories? This talk will look at some of the fundamentals of machine learning and information theory, providing critical perspective on creative tools, AI slop and bullshit, and suggesting new opportunities for the algorithms of the future that enhance human life rather than degrading it.
Series This talk is part of the Darwin College Humanities and Social Sciences Seminars series.
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