Querying AI: Social Science and Humanities Perspectives on AI in Research and Politics
October 27, 2023, 11:00 am to 7:00 pm
Mark your calendars for "Querying AI: Social Science and Humanities Perspectives on AI in Research and Politics" taking place on Friday, October 27, 2023, from 11 am to 7 pm at The xʷθəθiqətəm or Place of Many Trees, Liu Institute for Global Issues. The symposium will feature a workshop and an engaging keynote, bringing together experts, researchers, and practitioners aiming to foster critical discussions on AI in research and democracy.
Why attend?
Generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Stable Diffusion have captured global attention. As the popularity of generative AI grows, we are convening a symposium at UBC to ask: What are these technologies? How can this technology be used in social science and humanities research? What legal, ethical and social justice dilemmas does this pose? This symposium will include a hands-on training workshop; panel discussions on the use of AI in academic research; and a keynote discussion, "Can democracy survive AI?”.
Please see a brief schedule below.
Morning & Afternoon (11am-4pm)
Querying AI: Training & Workshop
Evening (4:30-6pm)
Can Democracy Survive AI?: Keynote at Symposium
Please note you can register for any or all of the symposium’s three sessions.
The symposium is organized by the Centre for Computational Social Science and the Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions. We would like to thank our UBC partners Public Humanities Hub; Language Sciences; Centre for Artificial Intelligence Decision-Making and Action; and COMET; as well as Simon Fraser University’s Digital Democracies Institute.