Open-access book links ELIZA, language models, and AI’s cultural meaning
begusgasper · x · 2026-07-28
Nina Beguš’s open-access book Artificial Humanities argues that literature, history, and art can sharpen how we understand AI.
The book traces a line from Eliza Doolittle to ELIZA, then to current language models, and uses fiction, film, and social robotics to examine how human-like AI design shapes our sense of creativity, language, and machine-human relations. It also discusses AI in medicine, especially psychiatry and neurotechnology, and argues for responsible innovation that prioritizes human well-being over imitation of humans.
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