Not another bloody talk about ‘AI’; or, these things are interesting and may be useful with lots of caveats

3 December 2024

The hype cycle around ‘ai’ induces whiplash, things move so fast. And for many reasons, the deployment of these – what shall we call them: neural models? Language models? Artificial (un)Intelligence? – are done in ways that diminish human dignity, or endanger us (think: energy demands). DR. SHAWN GRAHAM (Dept. of History at Carleton University) will join us to discuss his recent experience working with students on trying to grapple with what AI does to the doing of history, and share some of their initial conclusions from our year-long investigation.

English presentation.