
There are so many interesting critical theory essays coming out about AI these days and I want to discuss them with people. So I’m proposing a reading group, small and informal, bring your own lunch, some Tuesdays this semester from 12:00-13:00 in the glass house at the Center for Digital Narrative at the University of Bergen (Langesgate 1-3).
Read the paper in advance, bring your own lunch and let’s talk theory. As a starting point I’m thinking just an informal in person group of whoever is interested, but leave a comment if you’re interested in joining online and maybe we can hook up a camera/microphone.
- 17 Feb Coeckelbergh, Mark. 2026. “Technofascism: AI, Big Tech, and the New Authoritarianism.” AI & SOCIETY, ahead of print, January 25. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-026-02862-9.
- 10 March Heuser, Ryan. 2025. “Generative Aesthetics: On Formal Stuckness in AI Verse.” Journal of Cultural Analytics 10 (3): 1036. https://doi.org/10.22148/001c.144825.
- 17 March Gunkel, David J. 2025. “The Différance Engine: Large Language Models and Poststructuralism.” AI & SOCIETY, ahead of print, September 25. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-025-02640-z.
- 14 April Mollema, Warmhold Jan Thomas. 2025. “AI-Generated Literature, Distant Writing and the Reader: Reflections on Floridi and Calvino.” Philosophy & Technology 38 (4): 168. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-025-01008-x.
- 21 April Muldoon, James, and Jul Jeonghyun Parke. 2025. “Cruel Companionship: How AI Companions Exploit Loneliness and Commodify Intimacy.” New Media & Society, December 18.https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448251395192.
- 5 May Amoore, Louise, Sj Bennett, Alexander Campolo, Benjamin Jacobsen, and Ludovico Rella. 2025. “Politics of the Prompt: Government in the Age of Generative AI.” Economy and Society 54 (3): 573–96. https://doi.org/10.1080/03085147.2025.2560177.
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