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Writing and Artificial Intelligence with Kyle Jensen

Episode Summary

Sean and Punya chat about a recent conversation with Kyle Jensen around creativity, writing, and of course generative AI.

Episode Notes

In this episode - Punya and Sean talk around a great interview with ASU's own Kyle Jensen, who is the director of the writing center. This episode explores the impact of generative AI and large language models (LLMs) on creativity and the writing process, along with many other topics such as attention economy, consolidation of information, considerations around regulation, to name a few... 

Guest Information

Kyle Jensen 

Kyle is the director of Writing Programs and a professor in the Department of English's writing, rhetorics, and literacies program at ASU. He has conducted research on modern rhetorical theory and education and is the author of "Reimagining Process: Online Writing Archives and The Future of Writing Studies" (2014), and co-edited "Abducting Writing Studies" (2017) and "The War of Words" (2018).

Not featured in audio - but credit to the source interview with Kyle from: 

Danah Henriksen
Danah is an associate professor at ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College whose work focuses on creativity, design thinking, and technology, as well as the relationship between creativity and mindfulness.

Lauren Woo
Lauren is a doctoral student in the Learning, Literacies and Technologies program in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University. Her research blends teacher education, online teaching and learning, emerging technologies, and creativity.

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