The Incompatibilities Between Generative AI and Art

September 24, 2025 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

On behalf of the UCLA School of Law and Samueli School of Engineering, the Institute for Technology, Law & Policy is thrilled to welcome renowned author Ted Chiang to UCLA.

Ted Chiang is an award-winning science fiction writer, well known for short story collections from Stories of Your Life and Others (2002) to Exhalation: Stories (2019). Chiang's "Story of Your Life" was the basis of the film Arrival (2016). Chiang is also a frequent non-fiction contributor to the New Yorker, with essential essays on the topic of artificial intelligence, including “ChatGPT is a Blurry JPEG of the Web” and “Why A.I. Isn’t Going to Make Art."

Join us for "The Incompatibilities Between Generative AI and Art,” a special evening lecture with Ted Chiang, moderated by ITLP Faculty Co-Director, Professor Mark McKenna.

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