“Intelligence” in the Absence of Life
4 videos • 53 views • by Jackman Humanities Institute A series of four talks from the “Intelligence” in the Absence of Life workshop held on April 9, 2024 at the University of Toronto. Those who work in the artificial intelligence industry routinely speak of AI as human-like, but what does it mean to speak of creativity or intelligence or ethics in the absence of life? From the restructuring of labour to AI weapons systems to civil accountability, these talks open a conversation about what gets obscured in the AI hype cycle. This workshop was organized and moderated by Teresa Heffernan, JHI’s 2023-24 Visiting Public Humanities Faculty Fellow.