Scientific Seminar “How Does Artificial Intelligence Read a Literary Text? Practices of Traditional and Digital Analysis”

On October 2, 2026, within the framework of Project No. AP23489843, “Fundamentals  of Artificial Intelligence in Literature: Unnveiling Core Mechanisms, Implications and Future Trajectories” and SDG 4 “Quality Education”, a scientific seminar entitled “How Does Artificial Intelligence Read a Literary Text? Practices of Traditional and Digital Analysis” was held for second-year Master’s students of the educational program “7M01701 – Kazakh Language and Literature”. The event was organized by A.B. Temirbolat, Higher Doctorate of Philological Sciences, Full Professor and G.R. Dautova, PhD, Associate Professor of the Department of Kazakh Literature and Theory of Literature.

The seminar addressed the specific features of how artificial intelligence perceives, processes, and analyzes texts, natural language processing (NLP) technologies, approaches to identifying the semantic structure of a text, as well as the operating principles of modern language models.

Particular attention was paid to the possibilities of using artificial intelligence tools in philological research, as well as to the issues of their competent, effective, and critical application in the study of language and literature.

The seminar provided a platform for discussing current issues at the intersection of philology, digital technologies, and artificial intelligence, contributing to the expansion of the Master’s students’ academic horizons and the development of their research competencies.