LLMs stage a massive, automated cultural encounter, yet remain structurally monolingual. My paper for a proposed Cultural AI issue (forthcoming in 2027) argues that literary studies offer practical tools for diagnosing and redesigning LLMs as cultural machines. dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

Jean Epstein, in 1946, called cinema "the intelligence of a machine."

Going to MLA soon to talk about digital infrastructures of knowledge creation

Interpretability 101: The model is deciding whether to lie or not.

Have I caught the Baltic Sea meeting the North Sea?

Starting with an online session today!

What a great and engaged review of the book! "What lifts the book into something genuinely energizing is its refusal to stop at diagnosis. Artificial humanities is proposed not as a critique perched safely on the sidelines but as an operating principle." onepercentrule.substack.com/p/artificial...

Slovenian architect Jože Plečnik's chicken coops for a Viennese family

An interesting new paper in AI and Society on the history of clichés, with the latest reuse in AI. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

My first view this morning… hm

Going to MLA soon to talk about digital infrastructures of knowledge creation

Explain like I'm 35.

Delo's article on funding open science mentions my new book. I'm grateful to @uofmpress.bsky.social for supporting open access for Artificial Humanities and to my universities, Harvard & UC Berkeley, that significantly contributed to the cost of whooping $15,000 through open access initiatives.

This is my 1st time in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (I just never thought to submit there, heh). My story is called “The Apology Tour” & it’s set in the world of DEATH OF THE AUTHOR. It's about the consequences of AI. Plus, you meet Ijele for the 1st time, imagine that, 😉.

Final interview for the year, translated from Slovenian by the podcasters: www.strasnohudi.si/novice/nina-...

The westernmost point of Istria and the oldest Croatian lighthouse from 1818

All books are 50% off until January 4 at the press website, which makes for less than $10 for First Encounters with AI. Ships in October 2026 press.umich.edu/Books/F/Firs...

Proust's proofs for "In Search of the Lost Time"

‘Post-Semantic Literature or How to Finally Kill the Text and Not the Author'

Thank you to Artificiality Institute for the honor! ✨

It’s 12.15 pm in the Alpine valley and the sun is setting behind the hills…

Preorders are now available! press.umich.edu/Books/F/Firs...

I am pretty thrilled to announce the publication of Perceptron, a creative-critical reading of Frank Rosenblatt and his world-changing invention. I co-authored Perceptron with Rena J. Mosteirin @renamosteirin.bsky.social, my collaborator and partner in all things. punctumbooks.com/titles/perce...

love Agnieszka Kurant’s work and was so excited to receive her book on Collective Intelligence. The bonsai I put on the cover of First Encounters with AI is featured as well:)

It is a remarkable book. Thanks for letting us read along. Congrats.

Preorders are now available! press.umich.edu/Books/F/Firs...

Der Rogers, The lin is purfukt And u And mi riting. 5yo to his teacher

The new results show a steady “chipping away” at properties that had been regarded as the exclusive domain of human language, Beguš said. “It appears that we’re less unique than we previously thought we were.” www.wired.com/story/in-a-f...

The book is currently under 50% discount at the press website with the code HOLIDAY25

The audio recording of our conversation from my book launch with Ted Chiang and James Yu is now available! I present Artificial Humanities, James runs a demo of using models for creative writing, and then we discuss burning questions around AI and writing: www.commonwealthclub.org/events/archi...

Some questions: - What are (artificial) humanities? - What is good literature? - Your goal as a researcher? - University differences between USA and Slovenia? - What should young people study?

Giving a talk in a few hours! Great to see such interdisciplinary audience

getting excited about going to Slovenia for the holidays!

Which canonical American authors are the public reading, and why? To find out, we analyzed library borrowing patterns for every author in the Norton Anthology of American Literature (1945 to the Present). Excited to share this new CHR paper & data! anthology.ach.org/volumes/vol0... #CHR2025

The interview for the humanities research event at the University of Ljubljana got English subtitles! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld4f...

2026 will be the year for our new book, 'First Encounters with AI!' What do writers make of a machine coming after words? With the entry of AI into the space of writing, longstanding human questions about intention, desire, authorship, labor, and value gain new urgency.

Does the 6 - 7 meme indicate the victory of postmodernism?

Botanical patterns

#1 in CompLit in USA #4 in Media Studies in Canada!

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Artificial Humanities launches now in a conversation with the author @ninabegus.bsky.social, Ted Chiang and James Yu. press.umich.edu/Books/A/Arti... @uofmpress.bsky.social

Still current: This short paper from 2020 on prenatal testing and eugenics, which got the Reproductive Ethics Award. doi.org/10.7916/vib....

My nephew performed at a middle school quiz show that has been going for 30 years. Images are from the 2000s and 2020s. The studio aesthetics has been revamped to reflect the era of neuron computation.

Just today: My interview on Artificial Humanities begins with a generated image of humanlike AI. news.berkeley.edu/2025/12/01/h...

These poor mothers💔

We need HumArXiv! @ninabegus.bsky.social

In her new book, UC Berkeley researcher Nina Beguš explores how art, history and literature provide a window into AI development, revealing a hopeful — and cautionary — path forward for humanity. news.berkeley.edu/2025/12/01/h...