Symposium

ABSTRACT They say: AI is here. It is inevitable. It is unprecedented. It is the future. Underneath these claims of inevitably and futurity are residues of technological pasts and presents. Things that stick and smear, pasts that linger. What if we stick with what remains, with these residues—data not used, lands wasted, bodies rendered disposable, labor discarded, life that […]

  How to Attend: The conference takes place Apr 8-9, 2024 at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and is free to attend online or in person and brings together a great line-up of speakers. Registration is free for both online and in-person. Registered attendees can view all the talks and also sign up for […]

HOW TO PARTICIPATE Participants are invited to attend in-person in the North Quad Room 3100 or virtually. Please register here to attend online. TITLE Mou Zongsan and AI ethics SPEAKER Anna Greenspan is associate professor of global contemporary media, NYU Shanghai. ABSTRACT China has a singular media ecology. Tencent and Alibaba are giant internet platforms that […]