The sixth Arti­fi­cial Fri­day dur­ing the Winter Semester 2024/25 goes inter­na­tion­al — on four dates we wel­come research­ers from South Africa, Ire­land, Spain, Den­mark, Aus­tralia and Switzerland.

Arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence is con­sidered one of the greatest oppor­tun­it­ies and chal­lenges facing our soci­ety today. Research on AI comes from a vari­ety of sci­entif­ic dis­cip­lines, from the nat­ur­al and tech­nic­al sci­ences to the human­it­ies, social sci­ences, and cul­tur­al stud­ies. Because lan­guage and cul­ture are of great import­ance in the con­text of arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence, arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence is also a top­ic of research in the human­it­ies, which we want to address in the "Arti­fi­cial Fri­day" colloquium.

Lan­guage plays a role in arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence in vari­ous ways. Many arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence sys­tems can speak for them­selves, which in turn leads to humans talk­ing to arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence. Arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence is also the sub­ject of many sci­entif­ic and non-sci­entif­ic debates as a source of hope for the future, which is also asso­ci­ated with many fears. As a res­ult, arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence is a recur­ring top­ic of discussion.

The col­loqui­um will explore these con­nec­tions between lan­guage, cul­ture and arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence. On one Fri­day each in Novem­ber, Decem­ber, Janu­ary and Feb­ru­ary, two dif­fer­ent human­ist­ic approaches to the top­ic of AI will be presented.

Regis­tra­tion for par­ti­cip­a­tion in the online col­loqui­um via e‑mail at nina.kalwa@kit.edu.

All inform­a­tion on artificial-friday.de

Earlier Semesters

Sum­mer Semester 2024

Winter Semester 2023/24

Sum­mer Semester 2023

Winter Semester 2022/23