Mads Rosendahl Thomsen

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

[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

[Aarhus Universitet @AarhusUni]

SmukScience? Eller forskning til festivalfolket om hvordan man måler lyset hastighed - i øl! 🎓🍻
Til @Smukfest var der fuldt program i en Science Pavillion med fascinerende og underholdende forskning. Mød Ulrik Uggerhøj, Mads Rosendahl Thomsen, Peter Hald og Jens Chr Bjerring👇🏻

[Aarhus Universitet @AarhusUni]

Forskningen er i den grad til stede på årets @Smukfest med Science Pavilion, der er arrangeret af @CERN. I dag har publikum oplevet kemishow med Peter Hald + Ulrik Uggerhøj også fra Kemi, der viste måling af lysets hastighed i øl, og Mads R. Thomsen fra Litteratur om AI & Tekst.

[Mads Rosendahl Thomsen @madsrt]

@MushtaqBilalPhD Great thread. Transportation: biking is also very different. Approx 40-45 % of all transportation in Copenhagen is by bike (in hilly Aarhus a little less).

[Mads Rosendahl Thomsen @madsrt]

@askerhboye Rigtig god bedring.

[Mads Rosendahl Thomsen @madsrt]

I look forward to @ulf_db and Ea Lindhardt Overgaard's online @clai_aarhusuni talk on disciplinary voice and generative AI at 1.30 pm later today: https://t.co/m0bBZDgmMF.

[Mads Rosendahl Thomsen @madsrt]

Lindsay Weinberg gives a @clai_aarhusuni short talk on "AI and the Politics of Refusal" April 18 at 1.30 pm CET: https://t.co/GfhiRyCpXk

[Critical Inquiry @CriticalInquiry]

"William Banks does not try to oversell Brandes’s influence or contribution but shows how Brandes develops his thinking...from concrete conflicts."
Mads Rosendahl Thomsen on Georg Brandes's Human Rights and Oppressed Peoples, from @UWiscPress: https://t.co/PwjFMApgiR