Lecture Write-Up: “On the Pleasures and Perils of Personhood: Slavery and Artificial Life”
Synopsis Our changing technological landscape is both generative and a cause of anxiety for contemporary Americans. Questions for our rapidly developing future abound. What happens when machines make machines? Can AI and other technologies be held legally responsible for their actions? Can the owners of algorithms claim the product of their invention’s invention? This contentious […]
Lecture Write-up: “Species Insurance”: Black Women, Environmental Storytelling & Survival
Settled between Black History Month and Women’s History Month, Dr. Tiya Miles’s lecture, “Species Insurance”: Black Women, Environmental Storytelling & Survival, served as a timely response to the ways in which women have begun considering the legacies of their female ancestors. From women considering how their own lives mirror those of their female forebears in […]
Lecture Write-up: Revisiting the Turing Test
There are a few different ways we might understand this claim. On the one hand, there is a tremendous amount of contemporary interest in Alan Turing, with acclaimed films such as The Imitation Game and Ex Machina reflecting the magnetic pull of his life and research in popular culture. On the other hand, we find ourselves in a […]