Building a Relational Language Model: Human Edition

Hosted by Nishant Shah & Alexandra Juhasz

Supported by the CUNY AI Innovation Initiative

Date: Monday, May 4

Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Format: In person (lunch provided)

Location: New Asia College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSemYV7bpUxU5Rw9dQmA2cYUJVTC7Km_OMSuW_JLm6L6WcQL7w/viewform

RSVP by: Friday, April 25

Contact: Nishant Shah (itsnishant@gmail.com)

Building a Relational Language Model: Human Edition is a creative, interactive workshop that invites participants to rethink how meaning is collectively produced. In contrast to opaque and extractive AI systems, this session explores what it means to “aggregate” knowledge as humans through dialogue, collaboration, and shared interpretation.

Designed for researchers, artists, practitioners, graduate students, and faculty, the workshop creates a space to experiment with relational ways of thinking, making, and knowing. Participants will engage in activities that foreground collective intelligence, questioning how language, meaning, and knowledge emerge through human interaction rather than algorithmic processes.

Hosted by Nishant Shah, Director of the Digital Narratives Studio at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Alexandra Juhasz, Distinguished Professor of Film at Brooklyn College, the workshop brings together critical perspectives on media, technology, and pedagogy. It is supported by funding from the CUNY AI Innovation Initiative.

🕙 Monday, 4 May 2026, 10:00am - 12:00pm (Hong Kong Time) 📍 New Asia College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong