1st Global Conference
Call for Papers
*New Dates*
Thursday 4th December - Saturday 6th December
2003
Vienna, Austria
Call for Papers
This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary conference seeks to bring together those concerned with the practical, philosophical, ethical and aesthetic questions raised by A.I. In particular, the conference seeks to explore the relationship between humanity and A.I. through theory, applied research, social science and the fictional worlds of cinema and literature.
Papers, reports, presentations, and workshops are invited on any of the following key themes;
- A.I. – master, servant, friend or enemy?
- A.I. as ‘the other’
- A.I. - science or technology - does it matter?
- A.I. as evolution of the mind/brain
- A.I. as marking the end of the human?
- A.I. as ‘the other'
- A.I., the risk society and the accident
- Visions of the future and the role of A.I.
- Human and A.I. free will
- A.I. and the brain sciences
- A.I. and the practice of everyday life
- A.I. and Virtual War: a revolution in military affairs?
- Visions of A.I. - cultural and cross cultural identities
- A.I., humanity and the application of violence
- A.I. as a gendered identity?
- The aesthetics of A.I. – replicating the human and the animal
- Artificial intelligence and artificial emotion?
- The embodiment of A.I. – robot, cyborg or database?
- Crossing boundaries: what makes us human, what makes A.I. artificial?
- Defining intelligence from the Turing Test to Bladerunner’s Voigt-Kampff.
- Cyberpunk and the re-imagining of A.I.
- Shifting identities: portrayals of A.I. in film and literature
- The A.I. ‘creation’ – victim, hero or villain?
- A.I. as consciousness
- A.I. and Orientalism; is the future Asian?
- A.I. as a failed research programme?
Papers will be considered on related themes. 300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday 27th June January 2003. Full draft papers should be submitted by Friday 19th September 2003.
300 word abstracts should be submitted to both the Organising Joint Chairs; abstracts may be in Word, WordPerfect, PDF or RTF formats.
Christopher
Macallister |
Dr Rob
Fisher c/o Learning Solutions Priory House 149B Wroslyn Road Freeland, Oxfordshire OX29 8HR |
The conference is part of the ‘Critical Issues’ programme of research projects. It aims to bring together people from different areas and interests to share ideas and explore various discussions which are innovative and exciting.