Prof. Zizi Papacharissi: Affective AI. Dreams and Nightmares about Technology and Civic Life

Do machines dream and can we use them to build a civic future that avoids mistakes of the past? The present moment invites concern about AI. Unchecked diffusion of AI related technologies is often met with broad adoption of AI capabilities that lack a sense of purpose. This talk traces the civic potential of AI and identifies a meaning for AI related tech innovation and interfaces of the future.

Welcome Remarks: Prof. Dr. Christoph Neuberger, Research Director, Weizenbaum Institute

The event is organized by Christian Strippel, research group lead of the Weizenbaum Panel and the Methods Lab.
 
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Zizi Papacharissi is UIC Distinguished Professor of Communication and Political Science at the University of Illinois-Chicago and Department Head of Communication. Her work focuses on the social and political consequences of online media. She has published 12 books, over 80 journal articles and book chapters, and serves on the editorial board of fifteen journals. Zizi is the founding and current Editor of the open access journal Social Media & Society. She has collaborated with Apple, Facebook/Meta, Microsoft, Tencent, and Oculus, sits on the Committee on the Health and Well-Being of Young Adults, funded by the National Academies of Science, the National Research Council, and the Institute of Medicine in the US, and has been invited to lecture about her work on social media in several Universities and Research Institutes in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Her work has been translated in Greek, German, Korean, Chinese, Hungarian, Italian, Turkish, and Persian. Her latest books include After Democracy: Imagining our Political Future, Connective AI and the Routledge Companion on Digital Media and Democracy.