Dr. Sophie Bishop will discuss her research on influencer culture in the UK. Dr. Bishop researches how creative work and promotional cultures are increasingly shaped by social media platforms, and the implications for labour, representation and discrimination. She is the Specialist Advisor for the UK Parliamentary Inquiry into influencer culture. On 21 March 2021, The United […]
The Research Persona WorkshopDr. Ganaele LangloisFriday, Sept. 17, 9:30 AM-12:00 PM, EST Dr. Ganaele Langlois teaches the research persona method to study social media platforms The research persona method addresses a key challenge of social media platforms: how can we understand the dynamics of platform personalization as they intersect with informational dynamics (e.g. mis and […]
Register for this event Dr. Nanna Bonde Thylstrup theoretical framework to understand the material, ethical and political implications of data reuse in AI. About this Event Dr. Nanna Bonde Thylstrup presents from the 'AI Reuse’ project, a collaboration with co-PIs Mikkel Flyverbom (MSC) and Louise Amoore (Durham University). The project's purpose is two-fold: firstly, it […]
Making Things Work Across Material | Digital Realms This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required and attendance is capped. After the live presentation, the recording will be available online. Registration: Please e-mail: textiles.materiality@concordia.ca Cannupa Hanska Luger speaks of his practice combining social collaboration and craft in an evolving tradition of […]
Register for this event Dr. Louise Amoore presents their new book, Cloud Ethics: Algorithms and the Attributes of Ourselves and Others About this Event In Cloud Ethics Louise Amoore examines how machine learning algorithms are transforming the ethics and politics of contemporary society. Conceptualizing algorithms as ethicopolitical entities that are entangled with the data attributes […]
Register for this event Dr. Sun-ha Hong presents their new book, Technologies of Speculation: The Limits of Knowledge in a Data-Driven Society An inquiry into what we can know in an age of surveillance and algorithms Knitting together contemporary technologies of datafication to reveal a broader, underlying shift in what counts as knowledge, Technologies of […]
Register for this event Facial recognition, digital contact tracing and content moderation have all been major controversies involving AI in 2020. How do these controversies shape the global governance of AI? A leading global scholar on platform and AI governance, Dr. Katzenbach will introduce a framework for the contested, informal governances processes of AI unfolding […]
Hosted at Machine Agencies, Milieux Institute, Concordia University How can artificial intelligence be oriented toward the common good? The belief in AI for good has widespread acceptance in the industry and among governments. Declarations from around the globe—Canada, China, South Korea, France, and more—call for the development of AI to have a social purpose. But […]
In June of 2018, following a campaign initiated by activist employees within the company, Google announced its intention not to renew a US Defense Department contract for Project Maven, an initiative to automate the identification of military targets based on drone video footage. Defendants of the program argued that that it would increase the efficiency […]
The Machine Agencies group presents a workshop on designing creative voice bots. ** If you're planning to attend, please RSVP at machineagencies.milieux@gmail.com ** Location: TAG, EV 11th floor, Room 11.435 In this workshop, we’ll discuss the history of speech recognition and speech synthesis, learn the basics of conversational design, and then create our own creative […]
The Machine Agencies Research Group presents YELLING AT COMPUTERS with Nicole He. Location: Milieux Resource Room, EV 11th floor room 11.705 Time: Wednesday, October 2 from 3-4 p.m. Computers are able to understand human speech better than ever before, but voice technology is still mostly used for practical (and boring!) purposes, like playing music, smart […]
