The IT&S Technology and Society Colloquium: Interacting with AI and Algorithms

Event Date: 

Wednesday, October 2, 2019 - 7:00pm to Wednesday, November 6, 2019 - 7:00pm

Event Date Details: 

Fall Quarter, 2019

For Fall 2019, our INT 200 Gateway Technology and Society Colloquium focused on Interacting with AI and Algorithms

Topics include the nature of algorithms and questions of value in the face of logics of power; attributions about, and folk theories people use to make sense of algorithmically-determined information; factors affecting users’ acceptance of algorithmically-derived recommendations; new frameworks in the psychology of human-AI interaction; interactivity and contingency effects on conversations with machines; affective computing in the context of AI, and machine learning that supports machines’ recognition of and influence on emotions; redefining credibility to fit non-human information sources. 

Oct 2: Prof. Jeff Hancock, Stanford/Communication; Attributions about, and folk theories people use to make sense of, algorithmically-determined information.  

Oct 9: Prof. S. Shyam Sundar, Penn State/Communications; Rise of Machine Agency--A framework for studying the psychology of human-AI interaction.

Oct 16: Prof. Laila Shereen Sakr, UCSB/Film & Media Studies; Demystifying algorithms--questions of value and logics of power.

Oct 23: Prof. Saraswathi Bellur, U of Connecticut/Communication; Interactivity and contingency effects in interactions with human and machine systems.  

Oct 30: Prof. Jonathan Gratch, USC/Computer Science; Affective computing in the context of AI, and machine learning that supports machines’ recognition of and influence on emotions. 

Nov 6: Profs. Miriam Metzger and Andrew Flanagin, UCSB Communication; Reformulating credibility for AI.