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Precarity and Solidarity: Queer and Disabled Fiction Writers and Generative AI - Virtual Event, April 15th at 4pm

  • 1.  Precarity and Solidarity: Queer and Disabled Fiction Writers and Generative AI - Virtual Event, April 15th at 4pm

    Posted Mar 17, 2025 08:45 AM
    FYI!!! 

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

    When: April 15th, 4pm
    Where: Zoom

    ASL interpretation sponsored by AIM. 

    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. 

    Registration is required. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER. 

    For questions please contact Ron Padrón at rapadron@umd.edu. 

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    Have a wonderful day and week. Stay safe and well.

    Take care, 
    Twanna 

    Twanna Hodge, MLIS (she, her, hers)
    PhD Student | Information Studies
    University of Maryland, College Park
    2013 Spectrum Scholar  
    2022 Spectrum Doctoral Fellow