Tech Talk # 3: AI Companions as ‘Significant Others’
Join us for the third session of this season in a series of public lectures on technology, society and ethics at the UvH on 10 February (15.30-17.00).
Adrienne de Ruiter is assistant professor in Humanism and Philosophy at the University of Humanistic Studies. Alba van de Weem is MA student in Humanistic Studies. Together they will discuss the research they conducted for the NWO-XS grant Meet My Virtual Better Half: Exploring the meaning of ‘significant others’ on Replika. Drawing on interviews with people who consider their AI companion an important part of their life, this project examines how people’s lived experiences of developing friendship or romantic relationships with AI companions challenge our notions of what it means to be a ‘significant other’.
Programma
15.30-17.00 Tech Talk by Adrienne de Ruiter and Alba van de Weem
17.00 Drinks
Voertaal
Engels.
Locatie
The event takes place on the 10th of February, from 15.30-17.00, at the Universiteit voor Humanistiek, in room 0.22. Drinks will be in the canteen.
Register
You do not need to register for this edition of Tech Talks.
Contact
If you have further questions, please contact Neha Miglani at N.Miglani@uvh.nl or Adrienne de Ruiter at A.deRuiter@uvh.nl.
What are Tech Talks @ UvH?
Rapid changes to our technological landscape have challenged the human and planetary condition. Algorithms, databases, artificial intelligence, and other digital infrastructures animate the very basis of contemporary life and impact the near future. Recent research around technology ranges from utopic optimism to threatening dangers, and a call for a pause. Making sense of the intertwined realm of technology requires reassessing some of the most fundamental questions of human endeavour. Tech Talks @ UvH welcomes fresh, multi-disciplinary perspectives into this enquiry. What does it mean to live meaningfully with technology? How (if at all) can technology co-create opportunities for well-being? How do we imagine a just and caring society with these technological advances?