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Critical Conversations About AI: AI, Democracy, and Public Life

Date(s): Wednesday, April 7 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Thinkerspace, G124

AI is reshaping how we learn, teach, create, work, govern, and relate to one another. Universities are being asked to respond quickly to technological change and guide students through a rapidly shifting educational landscape that we can’t fully see yet. And while the pace seems urgent, there are deep, complex, and incredibly important questions we need to ask that are ethical philosophical, political, ecological, pedagogical, cultural, and deeply human.

Topic: AI, Democracy, and Public Life

  • What happens to democracy when algorithms increasingly shape what people know, believe, and encounter?
  • As AI and algorithms personalize reality, what does that mean for how we produce truth, make collective decisions, and for shared public discourse?
  • Can democratic institutions function when citizens inhabit increasingly individualized informational worlds?
  • What forms of surveillance become normalized through everyday AI systems?

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These conversations are an opportunity to think across disciplines and perspectives; they are not about finding consensus.

Questions worth thinking about together: This series is designed around eight themes. Each month explores a critical theme through multiple lenses. We begin with tensions, contradictions, and questions that deserve sustained conversation. This is a monthly conversation series that takes place the first Wednesday of the month.

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Email TLCevents@ufv.ca
Facilitators: Anna Griffith & Sabine Décamp

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Event Location : Thinkerspace, G124

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Critical Conversations About AI: AI, Democracy, and Public Life
Date(s): Wednesday, April 7
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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