Realities of AI: Critically Thinking of Our Collective Future

​Realities of AI: Critically Thinking of Our Collective Future.

​Our first session asked “To Engage or Not to Engage with AI?”; this second gathering poses another question:

​What do we really believe about AI, and why?

​Tim Henry, Ph.D., Professor of Computer Science at Rhode Island College and a member of the Rhode Island AI Task Force, will co-facilitate a discussion of common AI claims and help us question our own ethics and assumptions about technology.

​We’ll start by comparing AI to earlier technological shifts and what people gained and lost during those transitions. Drawing on experience and history, we’ll imagine what AI and daily life might look like five years from now and talk through actions we can begin taking today.

​The humanities sector is only beginning to work out what it thinks about AI, and this is an opportunity to add your voice while the conversation is still taking shape. Come meet artists, educators, students, technologists, and neighbors who are thinking it through with you, face to face, and away from the social media bubble.

​You do not need a technical background, and all are welcome: whether you love AI, avoid it, or have not decided!
 Registration is required.

​Hosted by the Mprovise Civic Imagination Lab’s Humanities and AI track.