Mads Rosendahl Thomsen

Professor of comparative literature at @AarhusUni. World literature. Posthumanism. Language Generation at @clai_aarhusuni. And some basketball.

[Nina Beguš @ninabegus]

Joe, @madsrt, and Nina posing with our newly printed First Encounters with AI 😎

Missing Hannes Bajohr and Alex Saum-Pascual who were teaching their class on AI and Writing.

We stood in front of a tree in honor of the beautiful bonsai on the cover by Agnieszka Kurant.

Thanks to TEXT at Aarhus and CompLit at Harvard for their support and to @UofMPress for making it happen.

[Celeste Morgan @ukcoffeebeat]

Ted Chiang, Ken Liu, Sheila Heti on the same contents page...

[Nina Beguš @ninabegus]

We’re excited for our book on writing and AI to come out this fall🪻

Essays by Allison Parrish, Ted Chiang, Annelyse Gelman, @sashastiles, @jamesjyu, Hannes Bajohr, Ken Liu, @ChenQiufan, Joseph Dumit, Gerardo Con Diaz, @RealIainSThomas, Sheila Heti, Nicholas Nardini, @jasminbf, Katy Ilonka Gero, and Alex Saum-Pascual.
Cover by Agnieszka Kurant.

[Nina Beguš @ninabegus]

Our call for World Lit + AI papers is open for another 3 weeks!
We welcome a broad set of submissions as long as they deal with world literature (as an academic framework) and with AI (not necessarily just LLMs).
If you're not sure about your submission, feel free to DM/email me to discuss the fit.

[Alexandra Alter @xanalter]

How A.I. Books Sneak Their Way Into Stores https://t.co/iRn4TSR1M5

[Nina Beguš @ninabegus]

We have a CfP out for papers that deal with AI from the world literature perspective.
with @madsrt @moiragweigel
Abstracts are due Sep 1

[Nina Beguš @ninabegus]

Just heard from the press that we got 355 preorders!

They're 50% off until the end of June with SPRING26, as are Artificial Humanities.

[Nina Beguš @ninabegus]

Is writing thinking?

Our new volume holds 16 essays by professional creative writers - @sashastiles, @RealIainSThomas, @jamesjyu, @jasminbf, Ted Chiang, Ken Liu, Annelyse Gelman, Qiufan Chen, Sheila Heti, and others - reflecting on writing in the time of AI.

All books are currently 50% off with the code SPRING 26, making it cost $10.

The preorder delivery date is now in late September @UofMPress

[Nina Beguš @ninabegus]

The Creativity and Co-Creation part of TEXT: Center for Contemporary Cultures of Text is busy at work on multiple projects!
See descriptions on the link below, from authorship and fanfic to AI architectures and AI use surveys.

[Danmarks Grundforskningsfond @GrundforskFond]

- Måske vil AI tvinge os til at gentænke, hvad det præcis er, vi skal gøre med kunsten, hvad det er for en impuls, som kendetegner det unikke menneskelige.
@madsrt , DG-centret TEXT, i interview om AI’s indflydelse på vores skrivekultur.
https://t.co/EgU5MRB5MG

[Danmarks Grundforskningsfond @GrundforskFond]

Hvad sker der med vores læseevner i en verden, hvor AI er blevet en fast del af hverdagen? @madsrt, leder af Center for Contemporary Cultures of Text, er medforfatter på kronik i Kristeligt Dagblad👇🔒
https://t.co/XrY8Q5Y904

[Nina Beguš @ninabegus]

Switched platforms from Medium to Sub...stack.

Starting with a summary of yesterday's talk on biohacking:

[Nina Beguš @ninabegus]

The Journal of World Literature is accepting abstracts for a special issue on Artificial Intelligence and World Literature.
Topics include multilingualism & AI, distant reading, non-English case studies, and more.
Submit your abstract to our emails by September 1.

[Nina Beguš @ninabegus]

Cover by Agnieszka Kurant

Featuring my Introduction: Navigating a New Topos

and essays by the amazing writers

- Allison Parrish, Language Models and Desire: A Lexicon
- Ted Chiang, Why AI Won’t Make Art Easy to Make
- Annelyse Gelman, The Death of the Death of the Author

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[Nina Beguš @ninabegus]

A great and engaged review of Artificial Humanities by AI developer:

"What lifts the book into something genuinely energizing is its refusal to stop at diagnosis. Artificial humanities is proposed not as a critique perched safely on the sidelines but as an operating principle."

[UC Berkeley @UCBerkeley]

In her new book, UC Berkeley researcher Nina Beguš explores how art, history and literature provide a window into AI development, revealing a hopeful — and cautionary — path forward for humanity. https://t.co/ktch3pNov2

[The Bookseller @thebookseller]

The winner of Publisher of the Year (sponsored by @worldofbookshq) is @BloomsburyBooks ✨

“You can feel the energy and passion in everything it does," said the judges #Nibbies #BritishBookAwards

[UC Berkeley @UCBerkeley]

Leveraging her background in comparative literature and knowledge of generative AI, @BerkeleyISchool and @UCBHistory's Nina Beguš pitted hundreds of humans against generative AI platforms. Humans wrote more creative stories, but AI is advancing — quickly. https://t.co/Dw6iBDFghQ

[Mads Rosendahl Thomsen @madsrt]

@moltke @NannaInie @Olefrank I kunne tage fat i vicecenterleder @RebekahBaglini. Tak for et fint program i øvrigt.

[Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab @VSelskab]

Skal vi have robotter som konfliktmæglere i fremtiden? Romaner skrevet af AI? Vi spørger prof. i filosofi Johanna Seibt og prof. i litteraturhistorie @madsrt.

#Podcast af @DetUngeAkademi og VidenSkaber, med støtte fra @Carlsbergfondet, @lundbeckfonden og @novonordiskfond