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AI: Artificial Intelligence
Did Calvino Dream of Literary Androids?
Carlos A. Scolari
The double life of artificial intelligence
Marta Peirano
First of all, how are the machines doing?
Ezequiel Soriano
The dilemmas of creative artificial intelligence
Lluís Nacenta and Ana Dueso-Barroso
Artificial Emotion
Ferran Esteve
The paths of artificial intelligence
Mateo Valero, Alfonso Valencia, Karina Gibert and Jordi Torres
Literature and memory
Semprún Centenary
Talk between journalist Evelyn Mesquida and writers Jordi Amat, Marta Marín-Dòmine and Xavier Pla, moderated by journalist Berta Ares, to reflect on the relationship between literature and memory that Semprún bequeathed to us.
Lives of a free man
Semprún Centenary
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Jorge Semprún, we offer the preview of the documentary Las mil vidas de Jorge Semprún, by Albert Solé, followed by a conversation with people who knew him, the philosopher Josep Ramoneda, the political scientist Carmen Claudín, the singer and writer Raimon and the author's grandson Thomas Landman.
Eva Baltasar, Sara Mesa, Eider Rodríguez and Andrea Gumes
Family Lexicons
Virginie Despentes, Alana S. Portero and Berta Gómez Santo Tomás
Despite everything
David Farrier, Alicia Kopf and Valentí Sallarès
The Library of Ice
Jeanette Winterson and Anna Guitart
Ghostly Intelligence
Poetry Slam
Undersea Rhapsody
Borja Bagunyà, Aleix Plademunt, Joan Llort and Tarta Relena
Odysseus, Sirens, and Robots in the Mediterranean of the Twenty-First Century
Mahi Binebine and Manuel Forcano
The Written Morocco: The Reality of a Novel
Taller Estampa and Jorge Carrión
The Unknown Voice
Sebastià Perelló, Sebastià Alzamora and Llucia Ramis
Insularities
Nariné Abgarian and Marta Nin
Writing Inland
David Abulafia, Isabel Soler and Manel Ollé
History of Okeanós
Philippe Sands and Berna González Harbour
Act of Defence
Tsitsi Dangarembga and David Guzman
Writing; Transforming the World
Salman Rushdie and Lisa Appignanesi
The Victory of Words
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