Mariana Lin is a writer and editor whose practice spans poetry, fiction, and narrative voice, informed by more than twenty years of professional experience in writing and creative work. She is also a global expert on crafting AI character and voice. She began her career in New York, where she spent a decade writing and editing for publications before being recruited by Apple, where she later served as a Creative Director and the principal writer shaping Siri’s voice and personality, crafting conversations with people around the world. She has consulted for Hanson Robotics, Bose, BMW and Renault on the creation of AI characters and AI-human dialogue.
Lin holds a JD in intellectual property from Berkeley Law School and an MFA in Poetry from Pacific University, where she studied with Marvin Bell. Her writing has appeared in Prairie Schooner, Gulf Coast, RHINO, New York Magazine, The Paris Review, and other publications, and has been recognized with several poetry awards and a nomination for Best New Poets 2019. She has taught in the United States and Europe, given readings in cultural spaces in Paris, and spoken on AI and creative language at TED Global Summit, UNESCO, AI for Good at the United Nations, and other conferences.
Her current projects explore silence, voice, and the evolution of language and creativity in a technological world.