ChatGPT & Verse
Sean Michaels
ChatGPT & Verse
Sean Michaels
Lakeside Terrace
60 minsIn a year when creators have voiced their disquiet and writers are striking over the financial and creative threats from technology, Sean Michaels’ new novel Do You Remember Being Born? couldn’t be more prescient. The story follows a 75-year-old poet who accepts a commission to collaborate with a mysterious new AI named Charlotte. Michaels has won the Scotiabank Giller Prize for his debut novel Us Conductors, itself an exploration of where science and creativity meet. His new novel is about family and legacy, a response to these unsettling times, reimagining who really owns art and what we give to the world.
Moderated by Nathan Maharaj.
This event will be followed by a book signing.
In a year when creators have voiced their disquiet and writers are striking over the financial and creative threats from technology, Sean Michaels’ new novel Do You Remember Being Born? couldn’t be more prescient. The story follows a 75-year-old poet who accepts a commission to collaborate with a mysterious new AI named Charlotte. Michaels has won the Scotiabank Giller Prize for his debut novel Us Conductors, itself an exploration of where science and creativity meet. His new novel is about family and legacy, a response to these unsettling times, reimagining who really owns art and what we give to the world.
Moderated by Nathan Maharaj.
This event will be followed by a book signing.
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