BATCH Report By Matthew Stone Official 2026 ACL Conference Banner Critical AI helped organize a workshop at ACL 2026, BATCH: Transdisciplinary conversations on human-AI
SNEAK PREVIEW: Michael Bérubé’s “Gods and Monsters”
[Below, a sneak preview from a future issue of Critical AI: Michael Bérubé’s review essay of Webb Keane’s Animals, Robots, Gods: Adventures in the Moral Imagination and Carissa
Program for BATCH Workshop: Beyond Alignment: Transdisciplinary Conversations on Human-AI Futures
We are pleased to share the program of the BATCH Workshop, which will take place on July 4, 2026, at ACL 2026 in San Diego. We welcome all interested participants.
SNEAK PREVIEW: ARTICLE: ELISE SILVA’S “WHAT DOES IT MEAN ‘TO GOOGLE’?: AI OVERVIEWS AND AI MODE AS NOVEL INFORMATION OBJECTS”
[Below, a sneak preview from a future issue of Critical AI: Elise Silva’s forthcoming article, “What Does It Mean ‘to Google’?: ‘AI Overviews’ and ‘AI
SNEAK PREVIEW: Article: Raquel Muñiz and Andrés Castro Samayoa’s “GENERATIVE AI IN EDUCATION AND THE EROSION OF CRITICAL DEMOCRATIC CITIZENSHIP”
[Below, a sneak preview from a future issue of Critical AI: Raquel Muñiz & Andrés Castro Samayoa’s forthcoming article, “Generative AI in Education and the
Guest Forum: Nicholas Birns “On Generative AI, Prompt Chaining, and Resisting Epistemological Indifference”
A few months ago, my wife and I took an online course on how to use ChatGPT4o. The course, within its terms, was well delivered. But as a literary critic who has taught writing at the college level for thirty-five years, what struck me most was the attitude toward the process of writing.