Dr. Hoyt Long

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Biography

Hoyt Long's research and teaching interests span literature, media, book history, platform studies, cultural analytics, and generative AI. His recent monograph, 'Values in Numbers: Reading Japanese Literature in the Global Information Age' (2021), offers a reinterpretation of modern Japanese literature through computational methods. Long's work explores literary translation in the context of neural machine translation and investigates how platforms reshape global attention in television media. He is currently collaborating on projects such as 'Niche Worlds: Streaming Platforms and Attention Reception' and conducting empirical studies on the cultural implications of AI technologies in literature. His cross-disciplinary research initiative, 'Humanistic AI: Humanistic Pursuits in the Age of Generated Media,' examines the interaction between humanistic inquiry and artificial intelligence. For details about his current research projects, publications, and courses, please visit his personal website.

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Department of Philosophy