The third workshop featured a presentation by the science fiction author Quifan Chen (Stanley Chan) on “Think Beyond: GPT as Method.” Chen shared his experience of co-writing a novel with available artificial intelligence tools, stimulating a conversation about authorship and ownership. Discussion centered on how collaboration with an AI co-author differs from working with humans. Drawing on Chen’s observations about the role of imagination in Chinese culture, participants addressed the future of human-machine collaboration and the possible emergence of blended identities, perhaps approaching the ideal of oneness suggested by the dao.
This workshop was co-sponsored by the Georgetown University Representative Office in Rome and the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS, University of London).
