Artificial Humanities
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Artificial Humanities

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Title: Artificial Humanities Author: Nina Begus ISBN: 9780472057733 Publisher: University of Michigan Press Published: 2025 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition Note: New from the publisher Publisher Description: Artificial Humanities explores how literature, history, and art can deepen our understanding of artificial intelligence and its development. By examining fictional representations of AI in parallel with actual technological developments, Nina Begus presents a novel interdisciplinary framework for understanding the cultural, philosophical, and ethical dimensions of AI. She traces connections from Eliza Doolittle to ELIZA the chatbot and current language models, incorporates Slavic fictional examples from the Pygmalion paradigm, and compares mid-century science fiction and recent Hollywood films with contemporary developments in social robotics and virtual beings. Highlighting the impact of human-like AI design, from gendered virtual assistants to romanticized social

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