Panelists, Jacqueline Arthur-Montagne, John L. Nau III assistant professor of classics at the University of Virginia, Kevin Donnelly, associate professor of history at Alvernia University, and Elly R. Truitt, associate professor in the department of the history and sociology of science at the University of Pennsylvania join moderator, Mona Sloane, assistant professor of data science and media studies and faculty co-lead of the Digital Technology for Democracy Lab at UVA in a conversation explores how past narratives and practices shape how we think about automation, intelligent machines, gods and robots, and language in the age of AI.

The event was moderated by Mona Sloane and supported by NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge, Sloane Lab, and the Digital Technology for Democracy Lab at the University of Virginia.