BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Artificial Intelligence: Perils\, Promises\, and Possibilities X-WR-TIMEZONE:Eastern Time (US & Canada) BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261008T224647Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_43817939107334 DTSTART:20231026T200000Z DTEND:20231026T210000Z DESCRIPTION:OCTOBER 26-28\, 2023 - HTA Conference: The Humanities and Techn ology Association\, an interdisciplinary scholarly society that explores t he impact of technology on human life from a broad range of perspectives\, will host a 3-day conference at Salve Regina University. In addition to a keynote speaker (TBD)\, a broad range of scholars will share papers and /or panel discussions that investigate the cultural interaction of the hum anities\, science\, engineering\, and technology.\n\nKEYNOTE SPEAKER: Laur en Goodlad\, M.E.\, Distinguished Professor of English at Rutgers Universi ty\, will present a lecture titled: "The Lifecycle of Writing Subjects: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Large Language Models (LLMs)" at 4:30 pm on Friday\, October 27th. She serves as the chair of the CriticalAI@Rutgers initiative and is the editor-in-chief of a new interdisciplinary journal\ , Critical AI. Her most recent related publication is "A Study in Distant Reading" in Modern Language Quarterly.\n\nMEALS: In addition to conferenc e lectures and presentations\, all paid registrations include Thursday nig ht dinner\, Friday lunch\, and Saturday breakfast. \n\nHOUSING: Out-of-tow n participants are encouraged to stay at any of Salve Regina University's Hotel Partners. Be sure to mention you are a guest of the University. \n\n DETAILED AGENDA: \n\nThursday\, October 26th \n\nRegistration will begin a t 2 PM on Thursday and run until Saturday in the lobby of the Young Buildi ng where all conference sessions will take place. Session A will be in the Young Boardroom and Session B will be in the Young Ballroom.\n\nThe Thurs day night cocktail hour and dinner will be in Ochre Court.\n\n2:30 – 3:3 0 PM\n\nSession A: Young Boardroom \n\nAI and Gen Z: Thoughts o n the World to Come\n\nSalve Regina undergraduate students will open our d iscussion on the perils\, promises\, and possibilities of Artificial Intel ligence by sharing their reflections on both the present and future. \n\nModerator: Mia Wood\, Pierce College/Salve Regina/URI\n\n4 – 5:30 PM\n\nSession A: Young Boardroom \n\nAI as Existential Risk\n\ nWilliam Watkins\, Boston College: “AI\, Heidegger\, and the Notion of E xistential Risk”\n\nEric Epps\, Salve Regina: “Alignment or Assertion: Looking Beyond the Hype of Generative AI and Existential AI Risk”\n\nRu ssell Suereth\, Salve Regina: “Caring as a Safeguard in Artificial Intel ligence”\n\nModerator: Loretta Fois\, Raritan Valley Community College/S alve Regina\n\nSession B: Young Ballroom \n\nAI and Film\n\nGary Vaspol\ , Salve Regina: "Plan 9: The Spread of AI in Film Production"\n\nMatthew R amsey\, Salve Regina: "AI\, Film Restoration and Cinema History"\n\nCraig Condella\, Salve Regina: “Bostrom’s ‘Control Problem’ in the Popul ar Imagination”\n\nModerator: Jennifer Bates Ehlert\, Salve Regina\n\n \ n\n5:45 PM\n\nCocktail hour followed by Dinner (6 PM) in Ochre Court\n\nAn nouncements from Craig Condella (HTA President)\n\n \n\nFriday\, October 2 7th \n\n9:30 – 10:30 AM\n\nSession A: Young Boardroom \n\nBoo k Session: \n\nCaregiving\, Carebots\, and Contagion by Michael Brannigan\ , Salve Regina\n\nAuthor presentation and discussion: “When Robots Wear Human Faces\, Are We Entering the Uncanny Valley?”\n\nResponse: Mary Lou Lyons\, MSN\, Salve Regina University\n\nModerator: Craig Condella\, Salv e Regina University\n\n \n\n11:00 AM – 12 Noon\n\nSession A: Young Board room \n\nAI and the Humanities\n\nSalve Regina doctoral students will lead discussion of Lauren Goodlad and Samuel Baker’s article “Now the Huma nities can Disrupt ‘AI’”\n\nModerator: Craig Condella\, Salve Regina \n\n \n\nSession B: Young Ballroom \n\nGenerative AI in Praxis\n\nArlene Nicholas\, Salve Regina: “Capitalizing the Use of Artificial Intelligen ce for Business Education”\n\nEdward Iglesias\, Salve Regina: “Artific ial Intelligence and Creativity: Towards a Literature Review”\n\nModerat or: Michael Brannigan\, Salve Regina\n\n \n\n12:15 – 1:15 PM Lunc h \n\n \n\n1:30 – 2:30 PM\n\nSession A: Young Boardroom \n\nT he Future of High School Teaching: AI is Here\n\nRosemary Condella\, Provi dence Country Day School/URI\n\nCristian Potter\, American Mathematical So ciety\n\nModerator: \n\n \n\nSession B: Young Ballroom \n\nTechnology an d the Social Fabric\n\nDan Flores\, Salve Regina: “Marx\, Technology\, a nd the Life Eudaimonic”\n\nMichael Xiarhos\, Salve Regina: “AI\, Truth \, and Denialism” \n\nModerator: Eric Epps\, Salve Regina\n\n \n\n3 – 4 PM\n\nSession A: Young Boardroom \n\nLearning Reimagined\n\nS uzanne Delle\, York College: “Assessing Lessons Learned from Virtual Tea ching”\n\nLoretta Fois\, Raritan Valley Community College/Salve Regina: “A Performative Understanding of Body-as-Technology”\n\nModerator: \n\ n \n\nSession B: Young Ballroom \n\nMore Tech\, More Problems?\n\nDarrel l Arnold\, Miami Dade College: “Smart cities and deliberative democracy ”\n\nPaul Medeiros\, Salve Regina: “Artificial Intelligence: Two Objec tions and One Hopeful Proposal”\n\nModerator: \n\n \n\n4:30 PM \ n\nKeynote Address: Young Ballroom\n\nLauren Goodlad\, M.E.\, Distinguishe d Professor of English\, Rutgers University\n\n"The Lifecycle of Writing S ubjects: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Large Language Models (LLMs)" \n \n \n\nSaturday\, October 28th \n\n8:30-9:30 AM Breakfast \n\n9 – 10 AM\n\nSession A: Young Boardroom \n\nAI and Artistic Cr eation\n\nJessica Ramirez\, Borough of Manhattan Community College: “Art in AI - Exploring Text-to-Image Applications”\n\nHoward Meltzer\, Borou gh of Manhattan Community College: “Artificial Music – Artificial Inte lligence"\n\nModerator: Darrell Arnold\, Miami Dade College\n\n \n\n10:15 – 11:15 AM\n\nSession A: Young Boardroom \n\nLessons Old – and New\n\nJennifer Bates Ehlert\, Salve Regina: Chosen Ones: “Mercury a nd the Concept of Gnosis in Baccio Baldini’s Children of Mercury”\n\nA ndrea Sheridan\, SUNY Orange/Salve Regina: “The Re-mystification of Post print Literature”\n\nModerator: \n\n \n\nSession B: Young Ballroom \n\ nAI in the Workplace\n\nA.J. Kreider\, Miami Dade College: “AI and Emplo yee Obligations”\n\nNicole Halloran\, Salve Regina: “What are the Bene fits of a Synergistic Approach Between Humans and Machines in the Usage of Artificial Intelligence?”\n\nModerator: Arlene Nicholas\, Salve Regina \n\n \n\n11:30 – 12:30 PM \n\nSession A: Young Boardroom \n\nRethinking Relationality\n\nPaul Firenze\, Wentworth Institute of Technology: “Explicability and Trust in Social AI: The Case of Girl AF K lara” \n\nKelly Alverson\, Salve Regina: “OpenAI Chatbots: New Fronti ers in Human-Computer Relations”\n\nModerator: \n\n \n\n12:30 PM Humanities and Technology Association (HTA) Board Meeting – all are invi ted\n\n Young Boardroom. email craig.condella@salv e.edu for more details. GEO:41.467888;-71.305666 LOCATION:Young Building SUMMARY:Artificial Intelligence: Perils\, Promises\, and Possibilities URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.salve.edu/event/conference_for_humanities_and_ technology_association_hta CATEGORIES:Lectures and presentations CATEGORIES:Meetings and conferences END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR