Description
Chatbots are sure to have a significant impact on the way we read, write and think. For better or worse, they are being used to find information, influence public opinion, diagnose illness and shape political discussion online. How did we get to this point and what can we do to prepare?
Literary Theory for Robots reveals the hidden history of modern machine intelligence, taking readers on a spellbinding journey from medieval Arabic philosophy to visions of a universal language, past Hollywood fiction factories and missile defence systems trained on Russian folktales. In this provocative reflection on the shared pasts of literature and computer science, former Microsoft engineer and professor of comparative literature Dennis Yi Tenen provides crucial context for recent developments in AI, which holds important lessons for the future of human living with smart technology.
About the Author
Dennis Yi Tenen is an associate professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University. Originally a software engineer at Microsoft, Tenen is now an affiliate at Columbia's Data Science Institute. He lives in New York City.
Reviews
"[Literary Theory for Robots] is surprising, funny and resolutely unintimidating... Tenen has figured out how to present a web of complex ideas at human scale. " -- Jennifer Szalai - The New York Times Book Review
Book Information
ISBN 9780393882186
Author Dennis Yi Tenen
Format Hardback
Page Count 176
Imprint WW Norton & Co
Publisher WW Norton & Co
Weight(grams) 314g
Dimensions(mm) 218mm * 147mm * 18mm
