The history of AI is the history of an overhyped brand that has only very recently come to signify a set of deployable technologies with broad application and clear, if somewhat horrifying, purposes. Over almost seventy years it’s been attached to a range of loosely related projects, none of which have yet come close to …
Lecture by Reiner Grundmann, University of Nottingham; RWTH Kármán-Fellow There is a common perception that in recent years, at least in Western societies, official expertise has entered a period of crisis with some even proclaiming the ‘death of expertise.’ The underlying causes and potential solutions are diverse, yet they seem to share a common thread, …
Spike Jonze’s her (2013) is a near-future science fiction film about the difficulties of romantic relationships particularly in an age of ever-increasing technological mediation. Stemming from this, the film also explores the entangled nature of consciousness and artificial intelligence, the role of emotions and memories, and notions of self. Alongside the film’s more obvious critical …
This talk will be held in German. Abstract: Wie man sicher weiß, gewinnen die Geisteswissenschaften im Bereich der künstlichen Intelligenz und die menschliche Interaktion mit KI Technologien derzeit weltweit als wichtige Forschungsbereiche an Aufmerksamkeit. Dies wird zur Ausweitung von Branchen führen, die davon leben, Emotionen zu erzeugen, wie z.B. Musik, Film und Kunst. Darüber hinaus …
Lecture by Darren Sharp, Monash Sustainable Development Institute (Melbourne, Australia); RWTH Kármán-Fellow Abstract: Urban experimentation is an emerging field that brings together academic, government, industry and community actors to trial new modes of sustainable development and transition governance approaches. Envisioning sustainable futures involves the co-creation of visions and pathways to orient actors involved in urban …
At the turn of the millennium Time magazine listed Alan Turing among the twentieth century’s 100 greatest minds. His ideas helped to transport us from an era where ‘computer’ was the term for a human clerk who did the sums in the back office of an insurance company or science lab, into a world where …
This lecture is part of the “STS Forum” organized by the HumTec (Human Technology Center) at RWTH Aachen University. Abstract: The dynamics of convergence of specific practices (e.g., responsible research and innovation , technology assessment ) across research and innovation policies are frequently interrogated by STS scholarship. Progress itself has often been defined by its …
Professor Stefan Böschen, Director of the KHK c:o/re, and the Exploratory Research Space (ERS) of RWTH Aachen University invite you to another lecture of the "ERS invites..." series, this time featuring Dr. Pēteris Zilgalvis, Judge at the General Court of the European Union, to discuss how AI is reshaping the legal landscape from various perspectives. …
Professor Caspar Hirschi from the University of St. Gallen will give a talk on “A child of the knowledge economy? On the history of the history of knowledge” (“Ein Kind der Wissensökonomie? Zur Geschichte der Wissensgeschichte”) in the KHK c:o/re lecture hall. The talk will be held in German. Everyone is cordially invited to attend! …
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