BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2707-ac2943a1997bad1c31c03d014340bf2d@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260704T081023Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231208T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231208T130000 SUMMARY:CALS Unprecedented Webinar: “AI and the Labor(s) of Writing” DESCRIPTION:\nIn recent months\, the Writers Guild of America held a str ike that\, in part\, protested the use of AI to replace or otherwise har mfully alter the work that screenwriters perform. Congress\, too\, held hearings to consider possible regulations of AI tools\, including ChatGP T\, in order to minimize their threat to jobs\, national security\, and intellectual property. Finally\, universities are wrestling with "best p ractices" for AI in classrooms including\, not least of all\, writing-ce ntered classrooms. Mindful that Penn State is the home of the Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence\, this webinar will reflec t on the ways in which AI is disrupting—for better and/or worse—the labo r(s) of writing in Hollywood\, the University\, and the workplace at lar ge. Is there a "socially responsible" role for AI to play in these vario us writing-centered labor spheres\, or should AI be legislated out of ex istence—if such a thing is even possible—owing to the manifold threats A I poses to human "labor" in writing industries of all kinds?\n\nPanelist s:\n\nMichele Elam\, William Robertson Coe Professor of the Humanities\, Department of English\, Stanford University\n\nMichele Elam is faculty associate director of the Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intell igence and former director of African &\; African American Studies at Stanford University. Elam’s current book project\, Race Making in the A ge of AI\, considers how the humanities and arts function as key crucibl es through which to frame and address urgent social questions about equi ty and social justice in socially transformative technologies.\n\nAnnett e Vee\, Associate Professor of English\, University of Pittsburgh\n\nAnn ette Vee serves as composition director at the University of Pittsburgh and is the author of Computer Literacy: How Computer Programming is Chan ging Writing (MIT Press 2017). Vee’s current book project\, Automating W riting from Androids to AI\, examines why and how humans have sought to automate writing across history\n\nDavid Kersnar\, Professor of Practice in Theatre\, Penn State\n\nDavid Kersnar is a founding ensemble member of the Tony Award-winning Lookingglass Theatre Company (Chicago\, Illino is) and has performed\, designed\, written\, instructed\, produced\, and directed with the company since 1988. Kersnar also co-founded Shaking T he Tree Interactive Productions\, writing and directing filmed and live business case studies.\n\nModerator:\n\nMorgan Hamill\, Graduate Student \, Department of English\, Penn State\n\nhttps://psu.zoom.us/webinar/reg ister/WN_rlY0Iq8HS_S_eSJxupaJrQ\n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.\n \nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/cals-unprecedented_1 2-08-23/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

In recent month s, the Writers Guild of America held a strike that, in part, protested t he use of AI to replace or otherwise harmfully alter the work that scree nwriters perform. Congress, too, held hearings to consider possible regu lations of AI tools, including ChatGPT, in order to minimize their threa t to jobs, national security, and intellectual property. Finally, univer sities are wrestling with "best practices" for AI in classrooms includin g, not least of all, writing-centered classrooms. Mindful that Penn Stat e is the home of the Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intellig ence, this webinar will reflect on the ways in which AI is disrupting—fo r better and/or worse—the labor(s) of writing in Hollywood, the Universi ty, and the workplace at large. Is there a "socially responsible" role f or AI to play in these various writing-centered labor spheres, or should AI be legislated out of existence—if such a thing is even possible—owin g to the manifold threats AI poses to human "labor" in writing industrie s of all kinds?

Panelists:

Michele Elam, William Robertso n Coe Professor of the Humanities, Department of English, Stanford Unive rsity

Michele Elam is faculty associate director of the Instit ute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence and former director of Af rican & African American Studies at Stanford University. Elam’s curr ent book project, Race Making in the Age of AI, considers how the humanities and arts function as key crucibles through which to frame an d address urgent social questions about equity and social justice in soc ially transformative technologies.

Annette Vee, Associate Profe ssor of English, University of Pittsburgh

Annette Vee serves a s composition director at the University of Pittsburgh and is the author of Computer Literacy: How Computer Programming is Changing Writing (MIT Press 2017). Vee’s current book project, Automating Writing f rom Androids to AI, examines why and how humans have sought to autom ate writing across history

David Kersnar, Professor of Practice in Theatre, Penn State

David Kersnar is a founding ens emble member of the Tony Award-winning Lookingglass Theatre Company (Chi cago, Illinois) and has performed, designed, written, instructed, produc ed, and directed with the company since 1988. Kersnar also co-founded Sh aking The Tree Interactive Productions, writing and directing filmed and live business case studies.

Moderator:

Morgan Hamill, Gr aduate Student, Department of English, Penn State

https://psu .zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rlY0Iq8HS_S_eSJxupaJrQ

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For more details: https://events.la.psu.ed u/event/cals-unprecedented_12-08-23/

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