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SUMMARY:Mining Ourselves: Collaborative Autoethnography (CAE) as Methodology
DESCRIPTION:Daniel Hocutt\, Ann Hill Duin\, Jessica Lynn Campbell\, and Mollie Stambler present. Autoethnography is a research method that draws from a variety of autobiographical data–such as memories\, documents\, ongoing self-reflections and observations–to explore and investigate social phenomena (Chang\, 2016). Collaborative autoethnography (CAE) has multiple researchers use a multilayered approach to collecting data\, performing ongoing self-reflection\, interpreting data through collaborative meaning-making\, and producing findings that achieve research objectives (Chang et al.\, 2013; Chang\, 2016). CAE affords the combination of multiple voices and perspectives to interrogate a social phenomenon and can generate unique contributions in social science research. In this presentation\, we discuss CAE as a valuable\, under-utilized methodology for a variety of technical and professional communication (TPC) research. Drawing on an ongoing collaborative research project\, panelists will demonstrate CAE’s value for TPC research with pedagogical implications. \nThis presentation is at SIGDOC 2023.
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/mining-ourselves-collaborative-autoethnography-cae-as-methodology/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231019T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231019T150000
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SUMMARY:Infrastructures of Manipulation
DESCRIPTION:Panel Discussion: Andrew Iliadis\, Francesca Tripodi\, Aashka Dave\, Leslie Kay Jones\, Amelia Acker\, Heather Ford \nThis panel presents research on web and information infrastructures used for manipulative purposes. In contrast to platform manipulation (Woolley & Howard\, 2018; Benkler et al.\, 2018)\, where users such as bad actors seek to gamify and exploit the weaknesses of online social media platforms like Twitter and TikTok\, the papers in the present panel describe studies where web or information infrastructures such as those involved in search and information retrieval are manipulated to alter or produce facts (rather than social commentary on facts). For example\, studies have shown how infrastructures like Google Search are manipulated by conservative elites (Tripodi\, 2022)\, how anonymous editors use Wikidata to revise the distribution of information related to political protest movements (Ford\, 2022)\, and how administrators harness information schemas to improve the findability of their advertising content (Iliadis\, 2022). In these areas and more\, web and digital infrastructures are being manipulated to serve the interests of politically motivated actors (Acker\, 2018; Acker & Donovan\, 2019). \nInfrastructures typically refer to shared public services like sewers\, telephone poles\, and electricity. According to Bowker et al. (2010\, p. 98)\, information infrastructure refers to “digital facilities and services usually associated with the internet.” Information infrastructures are thus enabling resources\, in network form\, whose key role is that of a distributor\, but rather than goods or services\, information infrastructures distribute “knowledge\, culture\, and practice” (Bowker et al.\, 2010\, p. 114). Such structures do this through their development of ontologies or classification schemes that enable dividing the world into categories or\, through their application to large data sets\, by offering an enormous\, open store of data that can be used by others for a variety of purposes\, such as retrieving facts and sharing information. Recently\, several scholars have elaborated on the political nature of such infrastructural processes of digitization and datafication\, including in the domains of archiving and preservation (Thylstrup\, 2018\, 2022)\, governance and management (Flyverbom & Murray\, 2018)\, metrics and sorting (Alaimo & Kallinikos\, 2021)\, and the creation of global ontologies for things like web search (Iliadis et al.\, 2023) and surveillance services (Iliadis & Acker\, 2022). \nManipulation of social media content and messaging is likewise a major research area over the last several years owing to the prevalence of online misinformation and disinformation campaigns (Reagle\, 2016; Paris\, 2021; Culloty & Suiter\, 2021)\, particularly those associated with electoral politics (Tucker & Persily\, 2020) and health misinformation (Keselman et al.\, 2022). Yet\, online manipulation is not a new phenomenon and has long been discussed as a feature of the web in the context of the history of trolling\, abuse\, and hate (Phillips\, 2015\, 2019). Manipulation is thus a multivalent concept and is found in several domains which share the notion that manipulation is related to the altering\, editing\, treating\, controlling\, and influencing of content and messages for the purpose of misleading individuals. Historically\, though\, less attention has focused on manipulation as it has been mobilized infrastructurally\, particularly with respect to the information infrastructures that transmit content and messages. Infrastructures should be understood here in a broad sense as undergirding the communication structures that transmit messages and content. Such infrastructures can be found in computer science\, news and journalism\, government\, policy\, and other areas where messaging is organized using some form of schema\, whether it be technical\, linguistic\, financial\, or otherwise. \nThe first paper uses interviews to highlight the “importance of abortion-related web search and whether or not that system has been manipulated by actors trying to prevent abortion access.” The paper “examines how people (users) search for information about abortion\, how organizations (content providers) utilize search engine optimization to reach potential users\, and how advertisers try to attract visitors.” The second paper uses autoethnography and process tracing with respect to “the AP African American Studies debacle in order to elucidate digitally mediated disinformation as a strategy for stoking moral panic and thereby gaining widespread public buy-in to the establishment of educational censorship infrastructure.” The third paper analyzes Palantir as a surveillance platform that shapes and is shaped by infrastructures of manipulation. The paper “provides a method for researching companies like Palantir and its surveillance infrastructures” through digital media archiving of “over 600+ documents which have been stored\, cleaned\, annotated\, and uploaded into an online digital archive that will be publicly available for media researchers to study.” The fourth and final paper is “an ethnographic study of a single Wikipedia article and how it evolved over the course of a decade” in the context of political revolutons. The paper describes “a framework for understanding new methods of controlling facts in the context of automated knowledge products” and “the importance of semantic infrastructure to new methods of control and influence on Wikipedia and the wider knowledge infrastructures that are increasingly dependent on it.” \nThis panel takes place at the 2023 Association of Internet Researchers Conference.
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/infrastructures-of-manipulation/
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SUMMARY:AI empathy and the rhetoric of emergent AI teachers
DESCRIPTION:The launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT was a popular event making generative artificial intelligence a mainstream phenomenon. Data journalist\, Katharina Buchholz explains that “ChatGPT gained one million users just five days after launching in November” of 2022 (Statista\, 2023). Generative AI can produce stylistically correct sentences\, paragraphs\, and documents across a multitude of genres (Duin and Pedersen\, 2021). It can produce professional-grade visual images and video\, which has led to a significant shift in postsecondary educational domains. AI technologies continue to be developed for education\, including AI agents to serve in teaching roles. The emergence of “AI digital employees\, identified as artificial humans\, digital humans\, or virtual humans” is occurring (Duin and Pedersen 2023). A category of these AIagents — AI teachers that are embodied and seemingly autonomous — appears in marketing and promotional discourses (Pedersen and Duin 2022). One key component needed for AIteachers will be the appearance of empathy to be used as a persuasive tactic. Empathetic AIinvolves embedding signs of empathy in virtual human interfaces that will convince people that an agent is indeed empathetic. This paper argues that tech companies are releasing these products through a sensationalized\, technoliberal rhetoric (Pfister and Yang\, 2018) rather than through a measured approach involving intended participants. This paper discusses the situation that educators\, students\, and university administrators are faced with handling the cultural adaptation to current AI agents and a predicted future involving empathetic AI teachers that challenges aspects of formal education amid obfuscating discourses. \nIsabel Pedersen presents at the SUNY Council On Writing.
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/ai-empathy-and-the-rhetoric-of-emergent-ai-teachers/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230928T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230929T170000
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SUMMARY:Social Robots and Older People’s Conceptions of Agency and Autonomy in the Socio-technical Context of Current and Future Digital Consumer Technologies
DESCRIPTION:Andrea Slane and Isabel Pedersen present Social Robots and Older People’s Conceptions of Agency and Autonomy in the Socio-technical Context of Current and Future Digital Consumer Technologies at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the\nSocio-gerontechnology Network. Click here for the program.
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/social-robots-and-older-peoples-conceptions-of-agency-and-autonomy-in-the-socio-technical-context-of-current-and-future-digital-consumer-technologies/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230923T163000
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DTSTAMP:20260421T150211
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SUMMARY:Music Industry Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:The music industry has seen countless advancements\, especially within the last few decades. From the way music is produced and performed to cutting-edge technology\, new business practices and accessibility\, innovation in music is changing how we create\, consume and experience music. \nJoin Spark Series at Convergence on September 23rd for an exciting\, in-depth panel discussion between industry movers and shakers around innovation in music. Hosted by Joseph Pinto\, founder of Merch On Demand platform MOD Inc.\, this panel brings together the Strumbella’s infamous David Ritter\, award-winning Singer/Songwriter Delon Om\, renowned Filmmaker and Musician Simon Head and Author and Director of the Digital Life Institute\, Dr. Isabel Pedersen for a lively conversation about recent innovations in music and what it could mean for the evolution of music going forward.
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/music-industry-panel-discussion/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230918T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230918T120000
DTSTAMP:20260421T150211
CREATED:20230810T100307Z
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SUMMARY:Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Wearable Technology
DESCRIPTION:Embodied computing technology is being proposed now that will change how people live in vastly different ways in our evolving post-Internet society. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is seeping into all facets of life\, and generative AI specifically is changing how we work\, create\, interact with others\, and live. This talk will discuss issues such as personal privacy\, human agency\, creativity\, cultural values\, and ethics surrounding early-phase embodied technologies and the unintended consequences that may result in the future. \nThis presentation is being done at a meeting of Third Age Learning – York Region (TALYR).
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/artificial-intelligence-ai-and-wearable-technology/
LOCATION:Aurora Cineplex Theatre\, 15460 Bayview Ave\, Auroro\, ON\, L4G 7J1\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230915T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230915T150000
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SUMMARY:AI Killed the Radio Star
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Decimal Lab on Sept 15th 2023\, 1-3pm for a keynote and panel on the exciting and transformative synergy between Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the music industry. In this keynote\, Ontario Tech University’s very own Delon Omrow (three-time Canadian Latin Grammy nominee\, Top 100 Finalist for CBC’s SearchLight Competition and two-time Oshawa Music Awards winner) will speak to the unprecedented revolution in the way music is created\, discovered\, and enjoyed through AI. Joined by Juno-nominated producers David Neale\, TJ Habibi and emerging artist Elev8\, this panel will discuss how AI-driven algorithms are becoming increasingly proficient in composing music\, collaborating and generating original pieces by leveraging vast amounts of musical data and sophisticated machine learning techniques. The panel will unpack how AI threatens and commodifies human creativity\, challenging traditional notions of authorship\, copyright\, and artistic identity. \nDr. Isabel Pedersen will host and moderate a panel with Delon Omrow\, Juno-nominated producer T.J. Habibi (Maestro Fresh Wes\, Choclair\, Saukrates) and 2023 OMA producer-of-the-year David Neale (CNN\, Toronto Raptors\, Toronto FC\, Karl Wolf)\, guiding a conversation on the profound impact of AI on various aspects of music creation\, production\, distribution\, and consumption. The panel will end with a demonstration of how AI technologies are revolutionizing the way artists connect and engage with their audiences\, redefining the concert experience and enabling new forms of audience interaction.
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/ai-killed-the-radio-star/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230717T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230720T170000
DTSTAMP:20260421T150211
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SUMMARY:Co-AI Technical Writing: Documentation\, Experimentation\, User Testing\, & Ethical Design
DESCRIPTION:Ann Hill Duin\, Isabel Pedersen\, Jim Hall\, Dan Card\, and Lee-Ann Kastman Breuch discuss: \nOpenAI’s ChatGPT technology is now in use across academic and professional contexts\, and co-writing content with AI is eclipsing older notions of AI assistantship. This panel re-envisions co-AI technical and professional writing amid this transformative AI writing landscape\, inviting participants to join in discussion and research on documenting generative AI’s ability to develop documentation; providing critical examination to deal with issues of explainability\, transparency\, and user advocacy; introducing co-AI technical writing and usability testing to students; and designing ethical futures through use of ethical algorithmic impact assessment tools and processes. \nThis session is part of IEEE ProComm\, 17-20 July 2023\, Cornell University\, Itaca\, New York\, USA
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/co-ai-technical-writing-documentation-experimentation-user-testing-ethical-design/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230627T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230627T210000
DTSTAMP:20260421T150211
CREATED:20230613T092300Z
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SUMMARY:Augmentation tech\, AI\, and the future of an AI-enhanced self
DESCRIPTION:At Civic Tech Toronto\, Isabel Pedersen speaks about ChatGPT and more advanced AI systems increasingly becoming embedded in augmentation technologies that enhance human capability or productivity. These technologies can add cognitive\, physical\, sensory\, and emotional enhancements to the body or environment. How can we work toward more ethical designs for future tech through civic engagement and collaboration? This lecture was part of a Civic Tech Toronto Meetup at University of Toronto.
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/augmentation-tech-ai-and-the-future-of-an-ai-enhanced-self/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230625T080000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230701T170000
DTSTAMP:20260421T150211
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SUMMARY:Visualizing the Datasphere: Representations of Old Bodies and Their Data in Promotional Images of Smart Sensor Technologies for Ageing at Home
DESCRIPTION:Wendy Martin\, Kirsten L. Ellison\, Barbara L. Marshall and Isabel Pedersen present this conference paper at the The XX ISA World Congress of Sociology\, Melbourne\, Australia\, June 25-July 1\, 2023. The conference theme is Resurgent Authoritarianism: Sociology of New Entanglements of Religions\, Politics\, and Economies. The paper discusses how technologies for people ageing at home are increasingly prevalent and include ambient monitoring devices that work together with wearables to remotely track and monitor older adults’ biometric data and activities of daily living. There is however little research into the promotional and speculative images of technology-in-use. Our paper examines the ways in which the datafication of ageing is offered up visually by technology companies to promote their products. Specifically\, we ask: how is data visualized in promotional images of smart sensor technologies for ageing at home? And in these visualizations\, what happens to the ageing body and relations of care? We include in our definition of smart sensor technologies both wearable and ambient monitoring devices\, so long as they are used for the in-home passive monitoring of the inhabitant by a caregiver\, excluding those devices targeted for institutional settings or those used for self-monitoring purposes. Our sample consists of 221 images collected between January and July of 2021 from the websites of 14 English-language companies that offer smart sensor technology for ageing at home. Following a thematic and semiotic analysis we present 3 themes on the visual representation of old bodies and their data: (1) Captured Data\, (2) Spatialized Data\, and (3) Networked Data. Each\, we argue\, contribute to a broader visualization of the ‘datasphere’. We conclude by highlighting the underlying assumptions of ageing bodies in the co-constitution of ageing and technologies in which the materiality of bodies is more often lost\, reduced to data points and automated care scenarios\, and further disentangled from other bodies\, contexts and things.
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/visualizing-the-datasphere-representations-of-old-bodies-and-their-data-in-promotional-images-of-smart-sensor-technologies-for-ageing-at-home/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230621T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230621T130000
DTSTAMP:20260421T150211
CREATED:20230608T143028Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230608T143158Z
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SUMMARY:At the Crossroads of Artificial Intelligence: Considering the Implications of AI for Teaching and Learning
DESCRIPTION:Isabel Pedersen will discuss the social and ethical implications of recent AI developments such as ChatGPT for higher education. Following Dr. Pedersen’s talk\, discussants\, including Dr. Karleen Pendleton Jiménez\, Acting Associate Dean\, Trent Durham\, Mitch Huguenin\, Education Developer\, Indigenous Pedagogy\, and Dana Capell\, Senior Education Developer\, will offer remarks; time will also be reserved for open discussion.
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/at-the-crossroads-of-artificial-intelligence-considering-the-implications-of-ai-for-teaching-and-learning/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230604T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230607T170000
DTSTAMP:20260421T150211
CREATED:20230410T190617Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230415T144535Z
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SUMMARY:Autonomy\, Surveillance and Consumer Social Support Technologies for Older People: A New Take on Privacy Paradoxes and Trade-offs at the Intersection of Law\, Ethics\, Design\, and Experience
DESCRIPTION:Andrea Slane and Isabel Pedersen will present at the Law and Society Annual conference at the Caribe Hilton in San Juan\, Puerto Rico. \nA growing number of consumer technology companies are trying to convince older adults that having a humanoid AI powered device with interactive voice features is a helpful tool to support aging-in-place. The array of functions such devices are marketed to perform include many already featured in common voice assistants like Amazon Alexa\, while other functions are more specific to older people\, including health and safety monitoring and serving to mitigate loneliness. These devices\, such as Intuition Robotics’ ElliQ\, are not exactly medical devices\, not exactly security systems\, and not mere digital assistants: instead\, they are multi-function\, network coordinating devices with a robotic persona. As such\, they implicate older people’s autonomy and privacy in complex ways. \nIn this paper\, we examine one particularly sticky problem arising from use of such devices for health and mental wellness support: namely\, how can these devices ensure informed consent – a mainstay of both bioethics and data protection – when they are not clearly governed by a comprehensive set of rules\, neither from the perspective of elder care nor as a digital consumer product? To approach this central question\, the paper maps how informed consent is problematized and which solutions are proposed across several domains: human-computer interaction (HCI); healthcare ethics; privacy law; and empirical studies of potential device users’ attitudes toward such devices\, including our own study with 200 older adults in Canada. The paper unpacks two prominent conceptual figures frequently employed to talk about the complexity of autonomy and independence in this context: the trade-off and the paradox. In doing so\, the paper advances law and society scholarship on informed consent as contextualized in the datasphere\, particularly\, the consent of older adults subject to various types of monitoring through one AI powered humanoid device.
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/autonomy-surveillance-and-consumer-social-support-technologies-for-older-people-a-new-take-on-privacy-paradoxes-and-trade-offs-at-the-intersection-of-law-ethics-design-and-experience/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230529T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230529T140000
DTSTAMP:20260421T150211
CREATED:20230519T102600Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230519T102600Z
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SUMMARY:Shock and Awe: Generative AI composition\, cultural adaptation\, and postsecondary education
DESCRIPTION:The launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT was a dramatic event making generative artificial intelligence a mainstream phenomenon. Data journalist\, Katharina Buchholz explains that “ChatGPT gained one million users just five days after launching in November” of 2022 (Statista\, 2023). Generative AI can produce stylistically correct sentences\, paragraphs\, and documents across a multitude of genres. It can produce professional-grade visual images and video. While heavily debated\, one could argue that generative AI ‘creates’. Consequently\, generative AI can help students create art\, write\, or collaborate with other students. However\, generative AI can complete all of these tasks for students without requiring much human effort\, disturbing the general premise of learning to compose. At the same time\, its creations are vulnerable to producing false information and discriminatory results due to the training sources. This presentation argues that shock instigated by large tech companies\, releasing these products through the rhetoric of hype and fear\, is fuelling mass adoption rather than a measured approach. Educators\, students\, and university administrators are faced with handling the cultural adaptation to AI generators that challenge traditions of human creativity and formal education. Drawing on media studies and rhetoric (Pedersen and Iliadis 2020)\, digital literacy studies (Duin and Pedersen 2021)\, and critical AI studies (Bender\, Gebru\, McMillan-Major\, and Shmitchell 2021)\, this talk points to the process of re-imagining learning expectations in university courses amid the onslaught of generative AI emergence. \n  \nIsabel Pedersen shall speak at the OTESSA 2023 Conference (Open/Technology in Education\, Society\, and Scholarship Association).
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/shock-and-awe-generative-ai-composition-cultural-adaptation-and-postsecondary-education/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230518T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230519T170000
DTSTAMP:20260421T150211
CREATED:20230516T090825Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230516T090825Z
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SUMMARY:Human-Autonomy Teaming
DESCRIPTION:Ann Hill Duin will present at the UBC 2023 Immersive Research Symposium.
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/human-autonomy-teaming/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230403T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230403T200000
DTSTAMP:20260421T150211
CREATED:20230328T195140Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230401T105053Z
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SUMMARY:"Ware" and Tear\, Centre for Culture and Technology
DESCRIPTION:Our Second Foundation working group presents “Ware” and Tear: Extensions/Extractions of The Mediated Self \nGanaele Langlois (York University) and Isabel Pedersen (Ontario Tech University) join the Second Foundation working group at the Centre for Culture and Technology to consider and critique the role of media in regimes of extraction and affect in our daily lives. Media are deeply entwined with concepts of embodiment\, interaction\, and de/materialization. \nWhether it is informative or interactive\, media have been called upon to enhance and extend various conceptions of the self and the human. Langlois considers the role of affect in mis/disinformation\, and the potential of new media interfaces for enabling new affective modulations\, while Pedersen probes the socio-ethical harms overlooked in the rush to enhance and connect the human body to platforms and data infrastructures. \nAt The Centre for Culture and Technology – University of Toronto 39A Queen’s Park Crescent East Toronto\, ON M5S 2C3 \n  \n 
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/ware-and-tear/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230328T111500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230328T130000
DTSTAMP:20260421T150211
CREATED:20230207T194748Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230322T180858Z
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SUMMARY:Human-Centered Strategies for Leveraging the Power of Generative AI
DESCRIPTION:This presentation demonstrates a human-centered design framework for creating content using generative AI tools. Dr. Jason Tham will show some human-in-the-loop methods to create AI writing prompts that take advantage of the natural language processing ability of AI while addressing ethical concerns. \nLight lunch and refreshments will be served.
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/the-ai-chatbots-are-here-implications-for-academia-and-higher-education-symposium/
LOCATION:Bordessa Hall\, 55 Bond Street East\, Oshawa\, Ontario\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230322T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230322T180000
DTSTAMP:20260421T150211
CREATED:20230321T162933Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230321T162933Z
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SUMMARY:AI Futures\, embodied computing\, and Creativity
DESCRIPTION:  \nClark Hall\, UC\, at 4:00pm
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/ai-futures-embodied-computing-and-creativity/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230126T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230126T150000
DTSTAMP:20260421T150211
CREATED:20221201T111147Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221201T111147Z
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SUMMARY:Tech with a Green Governance Conscience
DESCRIPTION:Join Ontario Tech University researchers from the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities (FSSH) and the Digital Life Institute’s Sustainability\, Equity\, and Digital Culture research cluster on January 26 for a symposium exploring the interconnection between technology\, society and ecology. \nTech with a Green Governance Conscience: Exploring the Technology-Environmental Policy Nexus\, an event funded and supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council\, will feature international keynote speakers who will discuss:\n• How governments are using technology for environmental protection and risk assessment related to climate change.\n• Biodiversity and pollution.\n•How Green Governance can be used to benefit the lives of humans and the planet through the ethical application of technology. \nBordessa Hall (55 Bond Street East\, Oshawa)\, Room 524
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/tech-with-a-green-governance-conscience/
LOCATION:Bordessa Hall\, 55 Bond Street East\, Oshawa\, Ontario\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221214T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221214T110000
DTSTAMP:20260421T150211
CREATED:20221126T122030Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230518T134939Z
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SUMMARY:Emerging Embodied Computing\, AI\, and Our Changing Lifestyle
DESCRIPTION:More and more\, personal digital devices—from wearable brain-computers to digital skin tech to implanted computer chips—are being invented\, adopted and even celebrated before we have a chance to understand their likely impact on our lives. The rise of Artificial Intelligence is accelerating this process. Dr. Isabel Pedersen explores how immersive embodied technology may change how we act\, interact with others\, participate in cultures\, and understand our identities. \nThis session is part of the Ontario Tech Speaker Series which hosts public conversations about contemporary and relevant topics by experts from our university. \nDecember 14\, 2022\, Ontario Tech University\, Oshawa\, Ontario \n 
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/emerging-embodied-computing-ai-and-our-changing-lifestyle/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221027T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221029T170000
DTSTAMP:20260421T150211
CREATED:20220703T100752Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220703T100947Z
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SUMMARY:Investigating augmentation technologies: Smart education\, data analytics\, and human-autonomy teaming for TPC programs
DESCRIPTION:Jason Tham\, Gustav Verhulsdonck\, Nupoor Ranade\, Daniel Hocutt\, Ann Hill Duin\,  and  Isabel Pedersen present at the CPTSC 2022 Conference. Augmentation technologies and the algorithms built within them represent the engine that drives the next generation of TPC networked learning. As emerging augmentation technologies\, use of data analytics\, and “smart” technologies proliferate\, we see the critical need for research\, presentation and discussion of the implications of augmentation technologies in TPC programs. This panel addresses critical conference themes: administering technologies in TPC programs and curriculum development.
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/investigating-augmentation-technologies-smart-education-data-analytics-and-human-autonomy-teaming-for-tpc-programs/
LOCATION:Colorado Springs\, Colorado Springs\, CO\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220717T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220920T140000
DTSTAMP:20260421T150211
CREATED:20220411T165801Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220411T165801Z
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SUMMARY:Tracing the Turn to Artificial Human and Human Teaming
DESCRIPTION:Ann Duin and Isabel Pedersen present Tracing the Turn to Artificial Human and Human Teaming Human-AI Teaming: Cases and Considerations for Professional Communicators (IEEE Procomm)
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/tracing-the-turn-to-artificial-human-and-human-teaming/
LOCATION:Limerick\, Ireland\, Limerick\, Ireland
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20220606T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20220613T183000
DTSTAMP:20260421T150211
CREATED:20220601T164831Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220601T164831Z
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SUMMARY:Smart/ Datafied / Autonomous: How Artificial Intelligence Create New Roles and Tasks for Technical Communication
DESCRIPTION:Isabel Pedersen\, Ann Hill Duin\, Jason Tham\, Nupoor Ranade\, Daniel Hocutt and Gustav Verhulsdonck conduct a two part workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Technical Communication on June 6th and June 13th for Com&Tec Italy.
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/smart-datafied-autonomous-how-artificial-intelligence-create-new-roles-and-tasks-for-technical-communication/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220531T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220531T170000
DTSTAMP:20260421T150211
CREATED:20220421T221238Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220421T221358Z
UID:572-1653984000-1654016400@www.digitallife.org
SUMMARY:Policy Horizons Canada: FUTURES WEEK
DESCRIPTION:Isabel Pedersen speaks on The Internet of Things.
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/policy-horizons-canada-futures-week/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220519T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220522T170000
DTSTAMP:20260421T150211
CREATED:20220411T170441Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220411T170741Z
UID:561-1652947200-1653238800@www.digitallife.org
SUMMARY:Digital Activism in the Fabric of Digital Life
DESCRIPTION:Ann H. Duin\, Daniel Hocutt\, Isabel Pedersen\, Jessica Campbell\, Katlynne Davis and Danielle Stambler present Digital Activism in the Fabric of Digital Life: Surfacing Positionality\, Privilege and Power in a Communication Infrastructure. Computers and Writing conference\, May 19\, 2022 – May 22\, 2022.
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/561/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220516T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220518T170000
DTSTAMP:20260421T150211
CREATED:20220411T101314Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220411T101411Z
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SUMMARY:Thirteenth International Conference on Networked Learning (NLC2022)
DESCRIPTION:Roundtable: Negotiating networked learning relationships with augmentation technologies: Smart education\, data analytics\, and human-autonomy teaming \nAuthors: Ann Duin\, Isabel Pedersen\, Jason Tham\, Gustav Verhulsdonck\, Daniel Hocutt and Nupoor Ranade
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/thirteenth-international-conference-on-networked-learning-nlc2022/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220411T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220411T141500
DTSTAMP:20260421T150211
CREATED:20220322T100635Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220330T094259Z
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SUMMARY:Emergent Technologies – Human and Non-Human Relationships
DESCRIPTION:Digital Life Institute’s AI Implications Cluster presents Emergent Technologies – Human and Non-Human Relationships. \nAndrew Iliadis presents How ‘facts’ are ‘fed’ to a virtual assistant. \nMedia technologies now provide facts and ‘knowledge’ directly to people. Search engines\, apps and virtual assistants increasingly articulate their own answers rather than directing people to lists of other sources. Semantic media are about this emerging era of meaning-making technologies (metadata\, web schemas\, ontologies\, knowledge graphs) and how companies like Apple\, Google\, Facebook\, Amazon\, and Microsoft organize information in new media products that seek to intuitively grasp what people want to know and the actions they want to take. This talk describes some of the insidious technological ways that organizations achieve this\, addresses the changing contexts of internet searches\, and examines the social and political consequences of what happens when large companies become primary sources of information. \nDr. Andrew Iliadis is an Assistant Professor at Temple University in the Department of Media Studies and Production (within the Lew Klein College of Media and Communication) and serves on the faculties of the Media and Communication Doctoral Program\, Cultural Analytics Graduate Certificate Program\, and Science\, Technology\, and Society Network. He also sits on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Responsible Technology and the Executive Editorial Board of the journal Philosophy & Technology. Dr. Iliadis’ work focuses on the social implications of data science with specific interests in semantic computing (things like metadata\, web schemas\, knowledge graphs\, applied ontologies) and embodied computing (things like wearables\, embeddables\, ingestibles\, implantables). He conducts interviews with engineers and users\, archival research\, and comparative analyses of digital tools and methods for data sharing. His book\, Semantic Media: Mapping Meaning on the Internet\, will be released in November 2022 with Polity Press. \nAnnette Masterson presents Designing for love or sex: Understanding a sex robot creator’s vision. \nIn 2018\, one of the first sex robots was released by Matt McMullen and his company\, RealDoll. With artificial intelligence capabilities\, robot models are meant to support and converse with users. An analysis of 38 publicity interviews with McMullen found a tendency to emphasize the companionship of sex robots while envisioning a future where integration is normalized\, sexual utilities are downplayed\, and a sentient robot is possible. As the creator\, McMullen’s vision could shape future designs and an understanding of the emerging technology. Further implications rest on the interplay of sexual desire and deviance reflected in current legislation. \nAnnette Masterson is a doctoral student in the Media and Communication program at Temple University. Her research centers on sexualized and romanticized content\, and the intersection of technology and entertainment. She currently analyzes the structure and advertising of humanoid sex robots. Previously at Hearts & Science\, a global marketing agency\, she coordinated with Warner Bros. theatrical domestic marketing departments in Los Angeles on campaigns such as Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald and Crazy Rich Asians. She holds an MA in Media Studies from the Newhouse School at Syracuse University\, and a BA from Juniata College. \nHosted by Isabel Pedersen\, Ontario Tech University. Director\, Digital Life Institute. \nModerated by Steven Downing\, Ontario Tech University. Associate Professor\, Criminology. \n  \nPlease email info@digitallife.org to receive an invitation.
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/emergent-technologies-human-and-non-human-relationships/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220401T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220401T170000
DTSTAMP:20260421T150211
CREATED:20220411T171421Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220411T171706Z
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SUMMARY:Embodied Computing: Wearables\, Implantables\, Embeddables\, Ingestibles
DESCRIPTION:Andrew Iliadis discusses his book. Body-centered computing now goes beyond the “wearable” to encompass implants\, bionic technology and ingestible sensors—technologies that point to hybrid bodies and blurred boundaries between human\, computer and artificial intelligence platforms. Such technologies promise to reconfigure the relationship between bodies and their environment\, enabling new kinds of physiological interfacing\, embodiment and productivity. Using the term embodied computing to describe these devices\, this book talk describes a long-term computational project to track the embodied computing industry and describes essays by practitioners and scholars from a variety of disciplines that explore the accompanying ethical\, social and conceptual issues.
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/embodied-computing-wearables-implantables-embeddables-ingestibles/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220324T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220324T120000
DTSTAMP:20260421T150211
CREATED:20220110T171701Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220228T195428Z
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SUMMARY:Social Impact of Emergent Embodied Computing
DESCRIPTION:Isabel Pedersen will be presenting as part of the BALL Lecture Series. More and more\, personal digital devices—from wearable brain-computers to digital skin tech to implanted computer chips—are being invented\, adopted and even celebrated before we have a chance to understand their likely impact on our lives. The rise of Artificial Intelligence is accelerating this process. Pedersen explores how immersive embodied technology may change how we act\, interact with others\, participate in cultures\, and understand our identities.
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/social-impact-of-emergent-embodied-computing/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220104T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220107T170000
DTSTAMP:20260421T150211
CREATED:20211010T231227Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211010T231227Z
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SUMMARY:AI Agents\, Humans and Untangling the Marketing of Artificial Intelligence in Learning Environments
DESCRIPTION:Pedersen\, I.\, and Duin\, A.H. present AI Agents\, Humans and Untangling the Marketing of Artificial Intelligence in Learning Environments at The Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/ai-agents-humans-and-untangling-the-marketing-of-artificial-intelligence-in-learning-environments/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20211028T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20211031T170000
DTSTAMP:20260421T150211
CREATED:20211010T231823Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211010T231823Z
UID:501-1635408000-1635699600@www.digitallife.org
SUMMARY:Defining a classification system for augmentation technology in socio-technical terms
DESCRIPTION:Pedersen\, I. and Duin\, A.H. present Defining a classification system for augmentation technology in socio-technical terms at the 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS).
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/defining-a-classification-system-for-augmentation-technology-in-socio-technical-terms/
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