Dear all,

We will have our next LIRa session on Thursday, June 11th. Our speaker is Tobias Blanke. You can find the details of the talk below. As usual, the talk will be followed by (online) drinks.

After a suggestion of the audience, we will use a recurring zoom meeting. This means that you can use the following link, not only for the session next week, but also for all remaining LIRa sessions: https://uva-live.zoom.us/j/92907704256?pwd=anY3WkFmQVhLZGhjT2JXMlhjQVl1dz09 (Meeting ID: 929 0770 4256, Password: 036024). In any case, we will send regular reminders as usual.

Speaker: Tobias Blanke

Date and Time: Thursday, June 11th 2020, 16:30-18:00, Amsterdam time.

Venue: online.

Title: Where are the humanities in AI research? – a research agenda

Abstract.

The talk will try to ask the question where the humanities are in AI research. I will follow their historical position but mainly focus on their contemporary relevance with specific research questions and interests targeting developments in digital culture and society. The digital devices we develop need to focus on the critical study of society. This includes algorithmic criticism but also the study of platformisation through critical hacking, to name but a few.

Hope to see you there!

The LIRa team