AI and Society Series

Past Events

AI and Society Series: 'Robotics and Embodiment' (Online Seminar)
Tuesday April 12, 2022

Focusing on robots, our third seminar explores the significance of the materiality of the body in the relationship between biology, AI and embodied knowledge.

Speakers

Professor Fumiya Iida (Bio-Inspired Robotics Laboratory, University of Cambridge): ’Bio-Inspired Soft Robotics and AI towards Embodied Intelligence’

Professor Yukie Nagai (The International Research Center for Neurointelligence, the University of Tokyo): ‘Developmental Diversity in Drawing: Robots vs. Children’

Professor Frederic Fol Leymarie (The Computing Department at Goldsmiths, University of London): ‘AIM: Art.Intelligence.Machine’

Discussant

Professor Shunji Yamanaka (Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies/Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo)

Convenor & Chair: Dr Tomoko Tamari (Institute for Creative & Cultural Entrepreneurship, Goldsmiths, University of London)

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AI and Society Series: 'Digital Archives: Space, Time and Memory' (Online Seminar)
Wednesday October 20, 2021

Our second seminar focuses on digital archives, we will explore the impact of artificial intelligence on practices of meaning-making and memory formation.

Speakers

Prof Wolfgang Ernst (Humboldt University of Berlin): WHERE ARCHIVAL "MEMORY" TAKES PLACE. The Media-Epistemic Challenges of Technical Storage, and their (Non-)Entanglement with Human Remembrance

Prof Hidenori Watanave (The Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, the University of Tokyo) and Anju Niwata (College of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo): “Rebooting Memories”: Prewar & War Through Colorized Photographs in Collaboration with AI and Human

Ichiro Hisanaga (Human Engineering Lab, Dai Nippon Printing): The Memory Palace in Virtual Reality: Human Cognitive Ability and the Computer Interface (Experiments in Museums and Libraries)

Discussants

Prof Shunya Yoshimi (The Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, the University of Tokyo)

Prof Mike Featherstone (Institute for Creative & Cultural Entrepreneurship, Goldsmiths, University of London)

Convenor & Chair
Dr Tomoko Tamari (Institute for Creative & Cultural Entrepreneurship, Goldsmiths, University of London)

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AI and Society Series: ‘New Media Literacy and Politics’ (Online Seminar)
Wednesday June 9, 2021

Artificial intelligence is increasingly becoming ubiquitous in our society. Media and Cultural Studies scholars critically discuss its implications in the era of digital information society.

Speakers

Prof Kaori Hayashi (The Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, Vice President of the University of Tokyo): Challenges for a Gender-Equal Society in the AI Era (PowerPoint presentation)

Prof Shin Mizukoshi (The Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, the University of Tokyo): New Literacy for Media Infrastructure and "Media Biotope" (Dropbox Paper)

Atsushi Udagawa (The Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, the University of Tokyo): Google Search Engine as "AI": Historical Discourses about Search Engine Optimization (SEO) in Japan (Dropbox Paper)

Discussant
Prof Matthew Fuller (Department of Media, Communications and Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths, University of London)

Convenor & Chair
Dr Tomoko Tamari (Institute for Creative & Cultural Entrepreneurship, Goldsmiths, University of London)

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