David W. Bates, “An Artificial History of Natural Intelligence: Thinking with Machines from Descartes to the Digital Age,” May 22, 2024

On May 22 (4:30pm, Bldg. 200, room 307), David W. Bates (Department of Rhetoric, UC Berkeley) will be discussing his new book An Artificial History of Natural Intelligence: Thinking with Machines from Descartes to the Digital Age. Merve Tekgürler will provide a response.

The Program in Modern Thought & Literature is a proud co-sponsor of the event — along with History of Philosophy & Science, the Program in Science, Technology, & Society, Stanford Communication, the Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages, and Stanford Symbolic Systems.

Questioning History in the Age of Artificial Intelligence — Berkeley, April 11-12, 2024

On April 11, I’ll be giving a keynote titled “AI and the Future of (Media) History” at the symposium “Questioning History in the Age of Artificial Intelligence,” organized by David Bates, Julia Irwin, and Johan Fredrikzon. I’m excited to be in conversation with a stellar group of scholars thinking about what AI means for history and historical thinking!