The lights are on but is anybody home?: Chatbot souls, illusions or relational expectancies in existential communication with conversational AI
- Date: 18 November 2024, 15:00–17:00
- Location: English Park, 22-1017
- Type: Seminar
- Lecturer: Prof. Amanda Lagerkvist
- Organiser: CRS
- Contact person: Martha Middlemiss Lé Mon
The seminar is arranged by researchers in the WASP-HS projects "Artificial Intelleigence, Democracy and Human Dignity", "The Artificial Public Servant" and Prof. Amanda Lagerkvist, Professor of media and communication studies at the Department of Informatics and Media, Uppsala University.
The seminar is arranged by researchers in the WASP-HS projects "Artificial Intelleigence, Democracy and Human Dignity", "The Artificial Public Servant" and Prof. Amanda Lagerkvist, Professor of media and communication studies at the Department of Informatics and Media, Uppsala University.
Prof. Amanda Lagerkvist is head of and member of several AI related projects, one of them being "Existential Challenges and Ethical Imperatives of Biometric AI in Everyday Lifeworlds" funded by WASP-HS.
One of the starting points in the seminar will be her recent article "Yearning for a You - Faith, doubt and relational expectancy in existential communication with chatbots in a world on edge".
The participants are invited to a post-seminar/dinner in the 'Fikarum' 22-2007.
Register online between 1st October and 13th November and submit whether you will stay for the post-seminar: https://doit.medfarm.uu.se/bin/kurt3/kurt/8872862