Fred Dervin is a world-renowned interculturalist who has made a strong impact on Intercultural Communication Education and Research over the past 25 years. A Full Professor at the University of Helsinki (Finland), Dervin proposes original and refreshing approaches to understanding the politics of global interactions by challenging conventional paradigms and blending interdisciplinary insights. His work aims to inspire practitioners, researchers and students to rethink and reshape the notion of interculturality. With over 300 publications, Dervin is included in the Stanford Elsevier List of the world's best scientists (Top 2%).

1 Variation 1: Introduction: Beyond fervour and a sense of purpose? 2 Variation 2: Interrogating knowledge production about interculturality with AI 3 Variation 3: "Search me, God, and know my heart": AI as a mirror for self-reflexivity and criticality 4 Variation 4: Language stratagems for engaging self and AI with interculturality 5 Variation 5: Conclusion: Unrethinking AI for Critical interculturality