Waiting for Godot: writers and artificial intelligence. Threat or opportunity?

At this roundtable, we’ll talk about the impact neural networks will have on prose and poetry, as well as whether we should expect AI to author brilliant literary hoaxes and perfect texts, whether there is any cause for concern (competitor or ally?) and what role AI will play in the cultural education of new generations.

Participants:

Moderator

• Ragim Dzhafarov, writer (Russia)

Speakers

• Elena Kolmanovskaya, co-founder and former chief editor at Yandex (Russia)
• Konstantinos Mikopoulos, writer (Greece)
• Abdullah Khan, writer (India)
• Boiko Lambovski, writer (Bulgaria)
• Elena Stelmakh, writer, translator, literary journalist (Belarus)