Storytelling Academy Seminar Series
Artificial Intelligence, or AI, as a phenomenon is younger than the narratives that shape our understanding of it. Many older civilisations imagined entities that could operate by themselves, independent of human intervention, while resembling or using human consciousness. These narratives have influenced how we think about AI, from Western dystopian visions in which it takes over human roles to Japanese popular culture, where AI may be seen as unnatural but not without emotions.
These cultural narratives matter, especially since AI is here to stay, and through storytelling we may find ways to accommodate it in our lives in a more ethical way.
In the second session of the Storytelling Academy Seminar Series, we have invited Professor Sarah Dillon from the University of Cambridge to explore our understanding of AI in more detail. She is one of the co-editors of the book AI Narratives: A History of Imaginative Thinking about Intelligent Machines, which examines the dominant narratives surrounding AI. She is also working on a new project that examines the life of Alan Turing and his proposal of Artificial General Intelligence.
In this talk, she will focus on three areas. How storytelling has shaped our understanding of AI. How storytelling can help reshape that understanding. And how storytelling relates to AI ethics.
The event will take place at the Design School of Loughborough University on March 13 at 11:15 am.
To register for the event, please fill out the following form:
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Please stay tuned for the upcoming seminars.