Segnalo che i prossimi due incontri della serie Digital Humanism vertono su argomenti molto discussi nella lista in questo periodo. Dettagli sotto, estrapolati dalla loro mailing list. Antonio *** Tuesday, March 07, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. (17:00) Central European Time (UTC+1) Topic: “Seize the Means of Computation” (scroll down for abstract and CV) Speaker: Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) Moderator: Allison Stanger (Middlebury College, USA) *** Thursday, March 09, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. (17:00) Central European Time (UTC+1) Topic: “On ChatGPT” (scroll down for abstract and CV) Speaker: Gary Marcus (garymarcus.com) Moderator: Helga Nowotny (Chair of the ERA Council Forum Austria and Former President of the ERC) *** To participate in the talks via Zoom go to: https://tuwien.zoom.us/j/96389928143?pwd=UU5YRkNuRmdoWHV4MFBwMWRCcUErdz09<http://xuxss.mjt.lu/lnk/AW0AAA91AZcAAAAhADgAAAHQX18AAAAARcEAADJzABG7CQBj92bMkAbKT8vBTCm4obXdb16HpgARx9M/1/Pz1v5-CA5D9vkJzdwlOztw/aHR0cHM6Ly90dXdpZW4uem9vbS51cy9qLzk2Mzg5OTI4MTQzP3B3ZD1VVTVZUmtOdVJtZG9XSFY0TUZCd01XUkNjVUVyZHowOQ> (Password: 0dzqxqiy) Both talks will be live streamed and recorded on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/digitalhumanism<http://xuxss.mjt.lu/lnk/AW0AAA91AZcAAAAhADgAAAHQX18AAAAARcEAADJzABG7CQBj92bMkAbKT8vBTCm4obXdb16HpgARx9M/2/43KCYiquZwOjJI3qMJyjIg/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cueW91dHViZS5jb20vZGlnaXRhbGh1bWFuaXNt> For further announcements and information about the speakers in the Lecture Series, see https://dighum.ec.tuwien.ac.at/news-events<http://xuxss.mjt.lu/lnk/AW0AAA91AZcAAAAhADgAAAHQX18AAAAARcEAADJzABG7CQBj92bMkAbKT8vBTCm4obXdb16HpgARx9M/3/GWbvUVjnGF6_1iZCQ2OGUw/aHR0cHM6Ly9kaWdodW0uZWMudHV3aWVuLmFjLmF0L25ld3MtZXZlbnRz>. Please note that you can access the slides and recordings of our past events via that link. ----- ABSTRACT “Seize the Means of Computation”: The tech giants claim that they have to lock down their devices to defend you, but they keep failing to do so. The most science fictional question isn’t what a technology does, it’s who it does it for and to. A free and fair future starts with technology that is under its users’ control. We need a new Luddite movement, one that seizes control of the machines that try to seize control of us. Short Bio of Cory Doctorow: Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist, and journalist. His latest book is CHOKEPOINT CAPITALISM (with Rebecca Giblin) nonfiction about creative labor markets and monopoly. His latest novel is ATTACK SURFACE, a standalone adult sequel to LITTLE BROTHER. He is also the author HOW TO DESTROY SURVEILLANCE CAPITALISM, nonfiction about conspiracies and monopolies; and of RADICALIZED and WALKAWAY, science fiction for adults, a YA graphic novel called IN REAL LIFE; and young adult novels like HOMELAND, PIRATE CINEMA and LITTLE BROTHER. His first picture book was POESY THE MONSTER SLAYER (Aug 2020). In 2023/4, Tor Books will publish two more science fiction novels for adults: RED TEAM BLUES and THE LOST CAUSE; and Verso will publish THE INTERNET CON, a nonfiction book about monopoly and radical interoperability. He maintains a daily blog at Pluralistic.net. He works for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, is a MIT Media Lab Research Affiliate, is a Visiting Professor of Computer Science at Open University, a Visiting Professor of Practice at the University of North Carolina’s School of Library and Information Science and co-founded the UK Open Rights Group. Born in Toronto, Canada, he now lives in Los Angeles. In 2020, he was inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. ABSTRACT "On ChatGPT": Gary Marcus is a prominent public voice on the developement of AI, see his recent NY Times interview <http://xuxss.mjt.lu/lnk/AW0AAA91AZcAAAAhADgAAAHQX18AAAAARcEAADJzABG7CQBj92bM...> or his comments on his blog<http://xuxss.mjt.lu/lnk/AW0AAA91AZcAAAAhADgAAAHQX18AAAAARcEAADJzABG7CQBj92bM...>. In the DigHum Lecture he will present his latest take on ChatGPT. Short Bio of Gary Marcus: Gary Marcus is a leading voice in artificial intelligence. He is a scientist, best-selling author, and serial entrepreneur (Founder of Robust.AI and Geometric.AI, acquired by Uber). He is well-known for his challenges to contemporary AI, anticipating many of the current limitations decades in advance, and for his research in human language development and cognitive neuroscience. An Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Neural Science at NYU, he is the author of five books, including, The Algebraic Mind, Kluge, The Birth of the Mind, and the New York Times Bestseller Guitar Zero. He has often contributed to The New Yorker, Wired, and The New York Times. His most recent book, Rebooting AI, with Ernest Davis, is one of Forbes’s 7 Must Read Books in AI.