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This week, Peter moderated an expert panel entitled “AI and Climate Change: the Good, the Bad, and the Uncertain.” It featured:
- Dr. Hannah Kerner, School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence, Arizona State University
- Dr. Tamara Kneese, Ph.D., Director, Climate, Technology, and Justice Program at Data & Society Research Institute
- Dr. Theresa Miedema, Associate Teaching Professor, Ontario Tech University Faculty of Business and Information Technology (FBIT)
- Dr. Merlin Chatwin, Executive Director of Open North | Nord Ouvert and Post-doctoral researcher at Ontario Tech University.
This was one of many events hosted this week, for more info on all the events see Ontario Tech’s Faculty of Social Science and Humanities events page here.
Peter was invited to the second Killam Conversation, hosted by the National Killam Program and Killam Trusts, convening key thought leaders across a variety of disciplines to share ideas, insights and expertise on The Role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in enabling Canadian Prosperity.
This week, Zahra travelled to York University to present her research at the 35th IEEE International Conference on Collaborative Advances in Software and Computing (CASCON).
At this conference, Zahra presented two posters,
This week we hosted two library workshops. The first, led by Zahra, was a hands-on session where participants learnt how to create effective prompts that lead to useful AI responses.
The second, delivered by Peter, was an introduction to the recent phenomenon of generative artificial intelligence, including tools such as ChatGPT and Midjourney. In this workshop he discussed ’the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly’ of today’s AI tools and some advice in navigating the AI landscape.
This week, Ontario Tech launched the Mindful Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (MAIRI), a new, interdisciplinary hub that positions Canada at the forefront of ethical, people-first AI. The institute is tasked with a thoughtful, intentional and inclusive approach to AI research and innovation that supports humanity and global flourishing.
Following on from ACSOS, Peter, Nathan and Stavros, travelled down to Kyoto for the Artificial Life Conference.
Here, Stavros presented the summary: The institution bootstrapping problem and the psychological roots of institutions at the ALIFE & SOCIETY IX special session, describing how by incorporating perception into evolutionary game theory, an unlikely solution to the institution bootstrapping problem emerges.
