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Discussing Kate Hayles on artificial intelligence

The AI STORIES project team plans monthly meetings to read and discuss recent critical theory on AI and narrative. The first meeting will discuss works by N. Katherine Hayles.

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The reading group is open to people who are interested in doing the reading beforehand and discussing it.  For this session, please read:

  • Chapter 1 from Hayles, N. Katherine. Unthought: The Power of the Cognitive Nonconscious. University Of Chicago Press, 2017. (PDF)
  • Hayles, N. Katherine. Bacteria to AI: Human Futures with Our Nonhuman Symbionts. The University of Chicago Press, 2025.