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        Date: 2023-09-22 09:51:24+00:00
        From: Agar, Jon <jonathan.agar@UCL.AC.UK>
        Subject: Professor Jack Stilgoe's Inaugural Lecture titled “Drum Machines, Driverless Cars and the politics of AI”.

We are pleased to invite you to Professor Jack Stilgoe's Inaugural
Lecture titled
“Drum Machines, Driverless Cars and the politics of AI”.

4 October 2023, 4:30 pm–6:00 pm
Medical Sciences 131 A V Hill Lecture Theatre, University College London

In this exciting lecture, Jack will argue that we shouldn’t believe the
hype. Rather than worrying about the end of the world, we should instead
ask the old questions of politics: who is likely to benefit, who will be
making the decisions, and how can our current technological trajectory
be changed?

For more details and to reserve your place, please visit the STS Event
web page
<https://www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/events/2023/oct/drum-machines-driverless-cars-and-politics-artificial-intelligence>.

_Abstract_

It seems as though 2023 has become the year of artificial intelligence.
As news coverage, political attention and money has pivoted towards this
emerging technology, AI leaders have been quick to tell us, with
admirable certainty, what AI is and what it means for society: it will
be the next industrial revolution, but it will also take our jobs and
jeopardise the future of humanity.

In this lecture, Prof Stilgoe is going to argue that we shouldn’t
believe the hype. Rather than worrying about the end of the world, we
should instead ask the old questions of politics: who is likely to
benefit, who will be making the decisions, and how can our current
technological trajectory be changed? Prof Stilgoe will be looking at two
case studies. Driverless cars represent a test of AI in the wild, doing
something many would have thought impossible even a decade ago. But in
order to realise the value of this technology, we need to challenge the
story that drives it. Drum machines are a very different form of
automation, but Prof Stilgoe thinks the lessons for how we think about
creativity, labour and political power can help guide future decisions
about AI and its governance.

The Inaugural Lecture will be followed by a drinks reception.

We look forward to seeing you at this event.

Department of Science and Technology Studies
University College London
Room G2, 22 Gordon Square
London WC1H 0AW



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