The Ethics and Empirics of Engineering Humanity Speaker Series, Spring 2024
Co-sponsored by theÌýDavid F. and Constance B. Girard-diCarlo Center for Ethics, Integrity and Compliance and ÎÞÂëרÇø Women in Tech
January 31
February 14
February 28
March 13
April 10
This interdisciplinary speaker series will cover ethical, philosophical and empirical issues surrounding the engineering of artificial and human intelligence. Those include the dynamic interactions between AI and HI, how human-computer-interfaces affect humanity, how humans outsource thinking to computers and other related technologies, how digital technologies transform the production, dissemination and validation of knowledge and how ethical values translate into technological and social decisions that affect who we are and who we’re capable of being.
For further information, please contact the series organizers:
Brett Frischmann, The Charles Widger Endowed University Professor in Law, Business and Economics, ÎÞÂëרÇø Law
Georg Theiner, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, ÎÞÂëרÇø and Editor, Social Epistemology
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Wednesday, January 31
4:00–6:00 p.m.
Blank Rome LLP Classroom (Room 102) | John F. Scarpa Hall
"From Artificial Intelligence to Artificial Emotion: The Ethics, Business and Politics of Affective Computing"
Professor of Law, Cornell Law School and Cornell Tech
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Wednesday, February 28
4:00–6:00 p.m.
Blank Rome LLP Classroom (Room 102)Ìý| John F. Scarpa Hall
"Data Infrastructures and the Politics of Ignorance"
Partner Researcher, Microsoft Research and Distinguished Visiting Professor, Georgetown UniversityÌý
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Wednesday, March 13
4:00–6:00 p.m.
Blank Rome LLP Classroom (Room 102)Ìý| John F. Scarpa Hall
"Person, Thing, Robot"Ìý
Professor of Media Studies, Department of Communication, Northern Illinois University
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Wednesday, April 10
4:00–6:00 p.m.
Robert A.J. Barry Classroom (Room 303) | John F. Scarpa Hall
"Do Humans Have an Obligation to be Machine Readable?"
Professor of Information Science & Director of Digital Life Initiative, Cornell Tech
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Postponed, please check back for more information
Lewis H. Gold ’62 Lecture on Ethics & Professional Responsibility presented by the David F. and Constance B. Girard-diCarlo Center for Ethics, Integrity and ComplianceÌý
"Two AI Truths and a Lie"
Professor of Law, Boston University School of Law
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