[SSRC, CIS] KU AI+Media Global Forum 2026 1st Forum

The 1st KU AI+Media Global Forum 2026 was held on November 2, 2026, at Cinema Trap in the Media Hall of Korea University. Hosted by the College of Media and Communication at Korea University, the forum featured a lecture by Professor Wendy Hui Kyong Chun from Simon Fraser University, titled "LLMs and Literary Theory — So How Literary Theory Can Help Us Understand How They Work."

Professor Wendy Hui Kyong Chun is a Professor of Communication at Simon Fraser University and Director of the Digital Democracies Institute. Drawing on her interdisciplinary background in engineering and literature, her research explores digital media and technology from critical and cultural perspectives, with particular attention to the social and cultural implications of digital technologies.

Her major publications include Control and Freedom: Power and Paranoia in the Age of Fiber Optics (2006), Programmed Visions: Software and Memory (2011), Updating to Remain the Same: Habitual New Media (2016), and Discriminating Data: Correlation, Neighborhoods, and the New Politics of Recognition (2021).

Professor Chun explored how humanities and literary theory can provide new perspectives on understanding AI. The lecture was structured around three main themes: "Authoritarian Intelligence, the Culture of Cruelty, and the Limits of Ethical AI," "Writing Tests," and "Data Fluencies." Through these themes, the lecture offered an opportunity to examine AI technologies from perspectives beyond conventional technical approaches.