Machine Predictions and Synthetic Text: A Roundtable on Large Language Models in the Humanities
Zoom PrincetonSince it was published in March 2021, "On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots: Can Language Models Be Too Big?" has sparked impassioned conversations on the unintended consequences and potential harms of prominent natural language processing (NLP) projects. While this groundbreaking paper has been influential in computer and data science—prompting reflection on the dangers of relying […]
Journalism at Borders: Covering Mexico in a Time of Pandemic, Migration and Violence
Zoom PrincetonFor journalists, reporting on Mexico and the borderlands with the United States is hard, complex and often dangerous, but it is centrally important to inform politics in both countries. Citing the pandemic, the Biden administration imposed broad restrictions at the border, yet migrants from Central and South America and from Haiti have continued to surge […]
The Hungry Eye: Eating, Drinking, and European Culture from Rome to the Renaissance
Zoom PrincetonEating and drinking can be aesthetic as well as sensory experiences. The Hungry Eye takes readers from antiquity to the Renaissance to explore the central role of food and drink in literature, art, philosophy, religion, and statecraft. It is an erudite and uniquely personal look at all the glorious ways that food and drink have transfigured […]
