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.
