From the distinctly Asian-themed futuristic setting of Ridley Scott’s 1982 film Blade Runner to the global shockwaves produced by Chinese company DeepSeek’s 2025 release of its powerful and hyper-efficient eponymous chatbot, Asian-related factors have played—and will continue to play—a critical role in the ways advanced AI has been imagined and implemented. Our panel is interested in this issue as it applies to artistic/literary creation and pedagogical practice, and we approach the topic via three intersecting lines of analysis. First, we are interested in the ways in which advanced AI, particularly in the Western imagination, has frequently been granted Asian characteristics, reflecting a set of cultural stereotypes (including Asia as a technology hub, Orientalist visions of Asians as technically proficient but lacking in creativity, etc.). Second, we are interested in the role that Asia-linked individuals and corporations have played in developing many of the technologies involved in AI development and implementation (from chip foundries to coding factories). Third, we are particularly interested in the ways that Asian-identified authors and artists have reflected on AI-related issues in their work, including how many of these artists have begun incorporating AI into their own creative process. Our panel adopts a capacious understanding of “Asia,” but we are particularly interested in phenomena relating to East, South, and Southeast Asia, as well as global Asian diasporas.