The New Conversation holds a regular research seminar where members discuss work in progress and explore questions related to human and artificial conversation. Researchers and students interested in joining one of our meetings are welcome to contact us by email.
Publications and talks by group members:
Nir Evron, “ChatGPT Will Fundamentally Change Academia,” [Hebrew] Haaretz (26.12.22)
Ehud Lamm, “Can ChatGPT really be a conversation partner?”, 15 Mars 2023 [Hebrew] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEtERPpSAM8
Ehud Lamm in conversation with Prof. Shimon Ullman on Social and Ethical Implications of AI, 23 June 2023 [Hebrew] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVwj7XyyTCY
Nana Ariel, "The Guide to Plagiarism", Alaxon, January 2023 [Hebrew]
Nana Ariel and Dana Riesenfeld, Clichés We Live By, from Modernity to AI
Oxford University Press, 2026.
Nana Ariel and Dana Riesenfeld. "AI and Clichés," AI & SOCIETY, 2026.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-025-02729-5
Carmel Vaisman, "The Silicon Theology: ASI and The Image of God", Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture (forthcoming).
Carmel Vaisman and Yotam Yizraeli, "The Serpent and the Golem: Jewish theology of Technology" (forthcoming). Carmel Publishing-Yedioth Books.
Carmel Vaisman, "Even a God cannot save us anymore", Hazman Haze, September 2026 [Hebrew] https://hazmanhazeh.org.il/heidegger1/
Carmel Vaisman and Ofri Ilani, "God, Man and Machine", Van Leer Institute, 6 February 2025 [Hebrew]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-rdyoVId7c
Carmel Vaisman, "AI and Animation: Interactive Memory or Life after Death?" Post photography conference at Hadassah college, 17 May 2022 [Hebrew] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN5-8PHCeYg
Carmel Vaisman, "Your Next Robotic Boy/Girlfriend", Afeka Journal of Engineering and Science October 2021 Vol. 3: 47-51
https://www.afeka.ac.il/media/umzjacet/volume-3-october-2021.pdf