AI and Society Seminar Series: in construction for 2027!
These seminars consider AI's social impacts in a range of areas, and discuss how AI can best be overseen to maximise positive impacts and minimise negative ones. They are open to anyone who is interested in attending. We don't presuppose any technical background.. if we present AI systems, we do it 'from scratch', in ways that should be accessible to everyone. Discussing AI's social impacts is a very interdisciplinary task, and our speakers and participants come from many different backgrounds, in academia, government, industry and NGOs. The series organiser is Ali Knott (ali.knott@vuw.ac.nz): please email Ali if you'd like to be added to the mailing list. Details of previous years' seminars can be found here: 2023 (22 seminars), 2024 (24 seminars), 2025 (23 seminars), 2026 (22 seminars).Seminars are at 4:00-5:30pm.
Trimester 1
| Date | Venue | Speaker | Title/topic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Feb | Rutherford House, RH1209/1210 | Neil Dodgson (School of Engineering and Computer Science, VUW) | AI and what it means to be human — exploring the ethical position of the Pope’s encyclical Magnifica Humanitas | |
| 5 March | Rutherford House, RH1209/1210 | |||
| 12 March | Rutherford House, RH1209/1210 | |||
| 19 March | TBA | |||
| 26 March | Good Friday | No seminar! | ||
| 2 April | Mid-trimester break | No seminar! | ||
| 9 April | Mid-trimester break | No seminar! | ||
| 16 April | Rutherford House, RH1209/1210 | |||
| 23 April | Rutherford House, RH1209/1210 | |||
| 30 April | TBA | |||
| 7 May | TBA | |||
| 14 May | Rutherford House, RH1209/1210 | |||
| 21 May | Rutherford House, RH1209/1210 | |||
| 28 May | TBA |
Trimester 2
| Date | Venue | Speaker | Title/topic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 July | TBA |