SMU Jewish Studies, Department of Religious Studies, and Bridwell Library present Nate and Ann Levine Endowed Lecture in Jewish Studies a lecture by Amy Kurzweil, "Artificial: The Art of Graphic Resurrection."
Kurzweil will discuss her new book, Artificial: A Love Story, a graphic memoir about love, loss, and AI. Artificial tells the story of the mission of Amy’s father, renowned computer scientist, author, and futurist Ray Kurzweil, to build a chatbot from the salvaged writings of Amy’s grandfather, a Viennese musician who fled the Nazis in 1938 and died in 1970. Amy will address the book’s themes and the process of drawing and writing comics about self and family.
SMU Jewish Studies, Department of Religious Studies, and Bridwell Library present Nate and Ann Levine Endowed Lecture in Jewish Studies a lecture by Amy Kurzweil, "Artificial: The Art of Graphic Resurrection."
Kurzweil will discuss her new book, Artificial: A Love Story, a graphic memoir about love, loss, and AI. Artificial tells the story of the mission of Amy’s father, renowned computer scientist, author, and futurist Ray Kurzweil, to build a chatbot from the salvaged writings of Amy’s grandfather, a Viennese musician who fled the Nazis in 1938 and died in 1970. Amy will address the book’s themes and the process of drawing and writing comics about self and family.
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