The rise of AI has revived longstanding debates about the nature of art and the roles the mind, the body, and the soul play in the creative act. In some ways, moreover, AI seems to be changing the terms of those debates. David Hajdu, professor of journalism at Columbia and music critic of The Nation, asks, “What's wrong with slop?”

On Wednesday, February 4, at 6 PM, Morningside welcomed David Hajdu (Columbia) for a dinner discussion of the nature of art.