English Department faculty (Drs. Paulina Bounds, Ted Pelton, and Mari Ramler) and graduate students (Caleb Bates, Scott Moss, Whitney Stevens, Annette Vaadi, and Corgan Waters) recently attended the TEDxNashville Future Human event. The Ted talks included discussions on AI and human optimization, environmental justice and design, and neuroscience in interpersonal communication. The final panel attempted answering the question “Can AI ever have a soul?”. Panelists included faculty from Vanderbilt University, Belmont University, and Lipscomb University.
English faculty and students bring this knowledge back into their classrooms as they teach and critique generative AI. Many thanks to Dr. Steven Thomas and the English Department for funding this professional development for graduate students.