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A(I) University in Ruins: What Remains in a World with Large Language Models?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 October 2024

Katherine Elkins
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PMLA , Volume 139 , Issue 3 , May 2024 , pp. 559 - 565
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Copyright © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Modern Language Association of America

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