講座預告
AI時代的創意寫作
Creative Writing in AI Age
Speaker: Mr. CHEN Qiufan 陳楸帆 (Writer)
Moderator: Prof. LIN Pei-yin 林姵吟 (School of Chinese, HKU)
Date: 22 November 2024 (Fri)
Time: 16:30pm - 18:00pm (HKT)
Language: Putonghua 普通話
Venue: CRT-7.30, 7/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU
Mode: Face-to-face & Online
Abstract:
陳楸帆從2017年（也是Transformer架構被發明的年份）開始了與人工智慧的共創寫作實驗，經歷了與李開複合著《AI未來進行式》以及“ChatGPT時刻”之後，他開始更加深入地反思如何以AI工具作為返照自身創作的鏡子，試圖理解創作、語言乃至“何為人類，人類何為”的哥白尼式追問，並借此對身處技術焦慮的人文學科從業者提出自己的解決/解毒之道。
Qiufan Chen started his co-creative writing experiment with artificial intelligence in 2017 (also the year when the Transformer architecture was invented). After co-authoring AI2041: Ten Visions for our future with Dr. Kai-Fu Lee and experiencing the "ChatGPT moment", he began to reflect more deeply on how to use AI tools as a mirror to reflect on his own creation, trying to understand creation, language and even the Copernican questioning of "what is human and where are we". And hereby, he puts forward his own solutions/detoxification methods for humanities practitioners who are in technological anxiety.
About the Speaker:
陳楸帆，科幻作家，編劇，翻譯，策展人。畢業於北京大學中文系與藝術學院，中國作協科幻文學委員會副主任、中國科普作協副理事長、耶魯大學訪問學者、博古睿學者，兼任香港理工大學中國歷史文化系客座教授。曾多次獲得茅盾新人獎、全球華語科幻星雲獎、中國科幻銀河獎、世界奇幻科幻翻譯獎、亞洲週刊年度十大小說獎、德國年度商業圖書等國內外獎項，作品被廣泛翻譯為20多國語言，代表作包括《荒潮》、《人生算法》、《AI未來進行式》（與李開複博士合著）等。
Qiufan Chen is an award-winning Chinese speculative fiction author, and a translator, curator, Berggruen Institute Fellow, and Research Scholar for MacMillan Center of Yale University, now teaching as an adjunct professor at HK Polytechnic university. His works include the debut novel Waste Tide and AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future (co-authored with Dr. Kai-Fu Lee). He has garnered numerous literary awards, including Dragon Fantasy Award, Galaxy and Xingyun (Nebula) Awards, Germany Best Business Book of the year 2022, and France Grand Prix de Imaginale 2023, etc. He focuses on issues of climate change and the environment, artificial intelligence and cybernetic society, and reflecting on how to incorporate ancient Chinese philosophies into the narrative framework for constructing a future technological society. His works had been translated into over 20 languages world-widely.
Notice:
1) The seminar will be conducted primarily in a face-to-face mode; Those who cannot attend the seminar in-person could apply for online participation (via Zoom) with justifications;
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