Martin Puchner

Harvard University

Martin Puchner is the Byron and Anita Wien Professor at Harvard University and a global fellow at Queen Mary University of London. His prize-winning books range from philosophy to technology and the arts and include Literature for a Changing Planet, which draws lessons from world literature for addressing climate change.

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Cultural historian Martin Puchner (Harvard University) speaks about AI at the DLD Munich conference 2025, with audience members visible in the foreground.

DLD Munich 2025

Artificially Intelligent

Cultural historian and Harvard professor Martin Puchner takes the audience on a fascinating journey through the prehistory of artificial intelligence. Instead of focusing on the future of AI, Puchner suggest using generative AI…

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DLD Munich 2024

Can AI Produce Culture?

“We’ve been hearing a lot about the effect of AI on jobs, on the workforce, on technology. But I want to think about how AI will impact the production of culture and art.”…

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DLD Circular 2023

Literature for a Changing Planet

A planet in distress needs positive stories of collective human action, Harvard professor Martin Puchner argues in his DLD Circular conversation with author Andrew Keen. In his book Literature for a Changing Planet,…

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Preview image showing the cover of the DLD magazine The Promptah with Sam Altman, along with publishers Steffi Czerny and Christian Teichmann; musicians Elisabeth Furtwängler and Niclas Molinder; BMW executive Daniela Bohlinger and Harvard professor Martin Puchner.

Meet “The Promptah”, DLD’s People Magazine for Curious Minds

It’s hard to make sense of all the buzz around AI and a world in constant change. So we asked experts from various disciplines for guidance. Take a look – and download your copy of “The Promptah” for free!

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