“人工智能文化：复数世界中的人机传播”国际学术研讨会
2023年10月24-25日，主题为“人工智能文化：复数世界中的人机传播”的国际学术研讨会将在意大利都灵大学（University of Turin）举办。
本次会议将超越单一的和同质化的思路，关注全球语境和地方语境中的人工智能技术，特别是如何从具体的文化与社会语境中理解人机传播（Human-Machine Communication）。
来稿可以关注如下问题：不同的语言、文化和国家维度如何影响人工智能技术的功能和结果，不同的法规、社会与经济结构、市场如何在不同语境中塑造人工智能，我们如何在一个全球世界中理解人工智能的复数形态、算法想象、人机传播文化和用户，等等。
摘要提交截止日期：2023年6月30日
征稿详情如下：
Cfp: AI cultures: Communications between humans and machines in a plural world
International Symposium, University of Turin, Italy, 24-25 October 2023
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly at the forefront of lively debates involving academic researchers, private and public stakeholders, and the public. In many of these debates, AI is usually defined in the singular form. Since contemporary AI technologies enter in interaction and communication with human users that are situated in specific linguistic, cultural, and national contexts, however, AI should always be defined in the plural form: there is not one “AI” but a plurality of technologies that are framed, developed, used and discussed in specific places and contexts.
This symposium aims to empower ongoing attempts to frame more rigorously AI technologies in a global context and in specific local cultures. We aim to unveil the heterogeneity of ways through which AI is created and used around the world, moving from the consideration that, as studies in Human-Machine Communication have shown, all interactions with these technologies need to be understood in the specific cultural and social contexts and imaginaries within which the interaction takes place.
We encourage submission of proposals that illustrate the above-mentioned dynamics with specific cases, examples, and empirical studies as well as theoretical and methodological proposals to advance this agenda. We are especially interested in research based within the broad remits of communication and media studies but work conducted in other disciplines and interdisciplinary approaches are also invited.
Selected proposals could address questions such as:
- How do different linguistic, cultural, and national dimensions impact the functioning and outcome of AI technologies?
- How do different legislations, social and economical structures, and marketplaces shape AIs in diverse contexts?
- How can we better understand the plurality of AI and algorithmic imaginaries, human-machine communication cultures and users in a global world?
- How are technologies such as AI and robots domesticated in different cultural environments?
- How do cultural histories and traditions in different cultural contexts inform development, legislation, appropriations, and responses to contemporary AI technologies?
- How can the scope of human-machine communication research be enlarged to encompass wider historical trajectories and geographical boundaries?
Interested authors should send a 200 words abstract and a short biographical note to simone.natale@unito.it and federico.biggio@unito.it by 30 June 2023. Selected authors will be notified by 15 July 2023. The conference will not require the payment of a registration fee. A small amount of funding might be provided for selected participants to contribute to travel and accommodation fees; based on availability, priority will be given to researchers from low income countries and to early career researchers. If you wish to be considered for a contribution to your travel expenses, please state this with a brief justification in your email upon submission.
Organizers: Federico Biggio (University of Turin, Italy), John Downey (Loughborough University, UK), Riccardo Fassone (University of Turin), Emily Keightley (Loughborough University) Simone Natale (University of Turin)
