Mark your calendars for the Academic Senate’s 2025 Faculty Research Lecture!

Alan Liu | 2024-25 Faculty Research Lecturer Recipient
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English

In the age of AI, what will be good knowledge? Alan Liu applies digital humanities methods to map epistemic virtues (like “true,” “accurate,” “creative”) used to discuss artificial intelligence. “Creativity” comes in for special attention as an example. Exploring this landscape of value, he considers how a framework might be developed for evaluating the knowledge worth of AI—one less locked into values formed around pre-AI “knowledge work” agents or structures, and more open to the future values of “generativity.”

For additional lecture information visit: https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/frl-alan-liu.

Faculty Research Lecturer Award
Established in 1954, the Faculty Research Lecturer is the highest honor the UC Santa Barbara faculty can bestow on one of its members. Each year the Academic Senate recognizes one individual for their outstanding academic and creative achievements and invites them to present their work to the campus community. These lectures commemorate the accomplishments and professionalism of our distinguished colleagues.