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Precarity and Solidarity: Queer and Disabled Fiction Writers and Generative AI

Event Start Date: Monday, April 14, 2025 - 4:00 pm

Event End Date: Monday, April 14, 2025 - 5:00 pm

Location: Virtual / Zoom EST

Contact: Ron Padrón


Description:

Join the College of Information and AIM for a discussion with dan brown of the University of Waterloo around the feelings of Queer and Disabled fiction writers on Generative AI (genAI). We’ll exploring themes in a paper he co-authored highlighting how genAI exacerbates existing causes of precarity for writers, reasons why writers are opposed to its use, and strategies used by marginalized fiction writers to safeguard their industry.

ASL interpretation sponsored by AIM.

Speaker(s): Dr. dan brown

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