Institute of Formal and Applied Linguistics

A colloquium at the intersection of literary theory and emerging technologies.

As part of the AIAI research project (Authorship and Interpretation of works created with AI), the Institute of Formal and Applied Linguistics MFF UK (ÚFAL), together with the Institute of Czech Literature of the CAS (ÚČL), invite participants to join our second collaborative discussion on how authorship and interpretation are being reshaped in the age of generative artificial intelligence.

• Thursday, September 25, 2025
• 13:00–18:00
• dolní sál ÚČL, Na Florenci 1420/3, Praha 1
  • tram/train stop Masarykovo Nádraží, metro stop Náměstí Republiky
  • walk through the gateway into the courtyard, Dolní sál will be on your right (you enter the room directly from the courtyard)
• before, an optional visit to the GENGEN exhibition of interactive AI poetry installations in Didaktikon
• afterwards, an optional informal meeting in Božská Lahvice restaurant

Programme

Optional visit of GENGEN exhibition

Before the event, there is an optional visit of the GENGEN exhibition in the Didaktikon centre, which is nearby.

The exhibition features three interactive works of digital art students of VŠVU, built upon automated AI generators and analyzers of Czech poetry.

If you want to join the visit, please join us at 11:00 at the reception of Kampus Hybernská (in the gateway entrance from Hybernská street).

Main Programme

The main programme is composed of shorter "lightning talks" (2-7 mins) and longer "deeper talks" (20-30 mins). Each talk will be followed by a discussion. The programme will gradually go from more practical topics to more theoretical topics.

0. 13:00 Opening
1. Rudolf Rosa: AI literary competition [lightning] (slides)
2. Michaela Liegertová: Exploring literary creation through multi-LLM simulations - Insights from a non-expert's perspective [deeper] (SIMPLEX eval)
3. Monika Stobiecka: Early summary of the most important topics concerning authorship raised in expert interviews by artists who use generative AI in their work [lightning]
4. Przemysław Kordos: Slop Story [deeper]
5. Dita Malečková: Digital Daimons: How AI Mediates Between Worlds [lightning]
6. Rudolf Rosa and Tomáš Musil: Authorship in the AI era: Proposing a publisher-centered authorship conceptualization [deeper] (slides)
7. Krzysztof Skonieczny: Should Social Critique be Automated? [deeper]
8. Tomáš Musil: Rethinking Understanding: From Logocentrism to the Author-Function in the Age of LLMs [deeper] (slides)
9. Rudolf Rosa: Conceptualizing Writing as Reading [lightning] (slides)
10. optionally: open discussion (if there is time)
11. approx. 18:00 Closing

See the abstracts of the deeper talks.

Detailed times are not provided, the talks will simply follow one after each other in the listed order (however, we expect approximately 15min for each lightning talk and 30min for each deeper talk, including discussion). Presenters may (but do not need to) use slides, there is a beamer available at the venue. A presentation notebook can also be provided.

Water and coffee will be available, and we plan to make one coffee break in the middle of the programme (probably after Digital Daimons).

Optional informal gathering in a pub

If you are interested, you can join us after the event to continue our discussions more informally in a nearby pub. We will gather in front of the building after the event and slowly walk to a pub. You can also join us later directly in the pub.

We have a reservation for our group from 18:30 in the literary restaurant Božská Lahvice near the tram stop Právnická fakulta. It is approximately a 20 minute walk from the venue, or a few minutes on the 207 bus from Bílá Labuť. Go with us directly or join us later.

More info about the event

This event is intended primarily for scholars and students in the fields of linguistics, philosophy, literary studies, and other researchers interested in AI, authorship, and text. The event is also intended for members of the broader public with interest in the topic.

The event will be held in English language.

We intend to publish a book of abstracts of the talks.

The event is organized by the AIAI project, with the financial support of the Czech Science Foundation (grant number 25-14501L). The event will include a presentation of the preliminary findings of the project. This is a short-term event producing a scholarly output.

Registration

If you plan to attend the event, please fill out the registration form below:

→ https://forms.office.com/e/LBqNmwMWkc

If you plan to present at the event, please submit the title (and potentially abstract) of your talk until 7th September (7. 9. 2025) through the registration form.

If you plan to attend without presenting, registration is optional but highly encouraged.

Participation is free of charge.

Call for abstracts

We encourage participants to give a deeper presentation of their work (20–30 minutes). Our topics of interest include, but are not limited, to:

• Concepts of authorship in the age of generative AI
• Human–machine collaboration in creative writing
• AI as author, editor, or reader: shifting roles and agencies
• AI texts and the social dimension
• Literary style and voice in AI-generated texts
• Application of AI technologies in popular versus artistic literature
• The impact of generative AI on literary theory and criticism
• Comparative studies of human and AI writing
• Ethics and responsibility in AI-generated literature
• Hybrid authorship and its implications for literary interpretation
• The role of paratext (e.g., prompts, model documentation) in interpreting AI-assisted works
• Reader response to partially machine-generated literature
• and other related topics

Contact

Feel free to contact the organizers at ÚFAL or ÚČL in case of any questions or remarks:

• Tomáš musil@ufal.mff.cuni.cz
• Karel piorecky@ucl.cas.cz
• Rudolf rosa@ufal.mff.cuni.cz

The organization team also includes the AIAI team members from University of Warsaw:

• Krzysztof Skonieczny
• Przemysław Kordos
• Monika Stobiecka

Text and image co-generated with AI tools.