Month: February 2023
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Call: Digital Media and Developing Minds International Scientific Congress
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Read more: Call: Digital Media and Developing Minds International Scientific CongressCall for Abstracts Digital Media and Developing Minds International Scientific Congress September 20-23, 2023 Washington, D.C. #MediaAndMinds23 https://www.childrenandscreens.com/2023-digital-media-and-developing-minds/ Full Call: https://www.childrenandscreens.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Call-for-Abstracts-Full-Information.pdf Submission deadline: March 17, 2023, 11:59 pm ET Please submit abstracts in PDF format to congress@childrenandscreens.com. Here is a Sample Abstract. Children and Screens: Institute of Digital Media and Child Development invites submissions for the 2023 Digital Media and Developing Minds International Scientific Congress. The Congress will bring together a diverse mix of global interdisciplinary experts — researchers, clinicians, educators, government agency representatives, and others with expertise in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience, pediatrics, communications, social work, public health, and education…
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Vanderbilt U. Deans used ChatGPT to write email to students about Michigan State U. shootings
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Read more: Vanderbilt U. Deans used ChatGPT to write email to students about Michigan State U. shootings[While acknowledging the use of the conversational AI ChatGPT technology to compose an important message is more ethical than concealing its use, the reaction to a message from the Deans of the Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of Education and Human Development regarding the recent shootings and deaths at Michigan State University confirms that there are some contexts in which presence-evoking technologies are not acceptable. The story below from The Vanderbilt Hustler provides details, and a follow-up story has the headline, “Peabody EDI deans to temporarily step back following ChatGPT-crafted message about MSU…
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Call: CHI 2023 Workshop: “Moral Agents for Sustainable Transitions: Ethics, Politics, Design”
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Read more: Call: CHI 2023 Workshop: “Moral Agents for Sustainable Transitions: Ethics, Politics, Design”Call for Participation MORAL AGENTS FOR SUSTAINABLE TRANSITIONS: ETHICS, POLITICS, DESIGN A one-day workshop @ CHI 2023, ACM Computer-Human Interaction (CHI) Conference Workshop: In-person, Hamburg, Germany: April 23 or 28, 2023 (to be confirmed) Remote: May, 2023 (exact day to be determined) https://moralagents.org CHI 2023 Conference: April 23-28, 2023 Hamburg, Germany https://chi2023.acm.org/ Submission deadline: February 23, 2023 Imagine things start engaging us in ethical debate, and demand we regard them as moral counterparts. Such moral agents present a potential new form of human-technology relation, and a new way of driving sustainability – with autonomous systems that transparently state and deliberate…
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The Microsoft Bing AI chatbot is creating disturbing medium-as-social-actor presence experiences for test users
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Read more: The Microsoft Bing AI chatbot is creating disturbing medium-as-social-actor presence experiences for test users[The “erratic” and “creepy” responses to users testing Microsoft’s new conversational AI feature for its Bing search service are receiving a lot of press coverage. Some examples of the AI’s behavior are provided in the Fast Company story and excerpts from other coverage below. The most dramatic case seems to be the one reported by New York Times technology reporter Kevin Roose after a “bewildering and enthralling two hours talking to Bing’s A.I.” – the excerpts from his report make clear that the fast-evolving technology is evoking a disturbing form of medium-as-social-actor presence even for people with extensive experience with…
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Call: HHAI 2023: Hybrid Human-Artificial Intelligence Conference
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Read more: Call: HHAI 2023: Hybrid Human-Artificial Intelligence ConferenceCalls for Contributions HHAI 2023: Hybrid Human-Artificial Intelligence Conference June 26-30, 2023 Munich, Germany https://www.hhai-conference.org Main track abstract submission deadline: February 17, 2023 In this call: Call for Main Track Papers (Updated deadlines) Call for Posters and Demos Call for Doctoral Consortium Papers The full text of each call is available on our website: https://www.hhai-conference.org In this message, we shortened each call to their essentials. All deadlines are at the end of the day specified, anywhere on Earth (UTC-12). Hybrid Human-Artificial Intelligence (HHAI 2023) is the second international conference focusing on the study of Artificial Intelligent systems that cooperate synergistically,…
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Experience self presence through Idoru’s hyper-realistic, inclusive avatars
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Read more: Experience self presence through Idoru’s hyper-realistic, inclusive avatars[The Medium post below by Idoru co-founder Mica Le John describes the company’s goals in providing users the ability to create extremely realistic digital avatars of themselves. Without using the term self presence, he notes that “When you can connect with your avatar, hold your digital-you in your hand, you can experience and even feel through it.” A November 2022 article from Dazed that follows the post provides more details, and follow the link to Idoru.world for more information. Israel21c also has a related story about YOOM’s volumetric capture process for creating realistic avatars. –Matthew] Idoru is Inclusivity By Mica…
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Call: Chapters for “New Realities and New Pathways: Mediated Communication Pedagogy Revisited”
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Read more: Call: Chapters for “New Realities and New Pathways: Mediated Communication Pedagogy Revisited”Call for Book Chapters New Realities and New Pathways: Mediated Communication Pedagogy Revisited Editors: Ahmet Atay and Deanna L. Fassett Deadline for proposals (no more than 500 words): February 20, 2023 We seek chapters that explore and engage with mediated critical communication pedagogy in a post-pandemic higher education landscape. Our earlier work framed “mediated” in pre-pandemic terms, as the use of tools (whether traditional forms of media like films or more “new” forms, such as social media platforms and posting) that impede, enhance or transform teaching and learning environments that strive for social justice. The last three years have transformed…
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Purdue University computer scientist Aniket Bera works to help AI comprehend human emotions
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Read more: Purdue University computer scientist Aniket Bera works to help AI comprehend human emotions[This story from Purdue University explains how computer scientist Aniket Bera and others are working to help a variety of robots “better incorporate and understand human behavior and emotion.” While the focus is on the robots’ abilities, the changes lead to increased medium-as-social-actor presence, improved human-machine communication, and important positive – even life-saving – outcomes. See the original story for a second image. –Matthew] [Image: For Aniket Bera, an expert in emotional computing, smart devices need to be heart-smart, not just head-smart. With applications that include virtual therapy, autonomous vehicles and rescue bots like this robot dog, his lab works…
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Call: IVA 2023: ACM Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents
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Read more: Call: IVA 2023: ACM Conference on Intelligent Virtual AgentsCALL FOR PAPERS IVA 2023: ACM Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents Special topic: IVAs in future mixed realities” September 19-22, 2023 Würzburg, German https://iva.acm.org/2023/ Abstract submission: April 14, 2023 Paper submission: April 18, 2023 The annual ACM Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA) is the premier international event for interdisciplinary research on the development, application, and evaluation of Intelligent Virtual Agents with a focus on the ability for social interaction, communication or cooperation. Such artificial agents can be embodied graphically (e.g. virtual characters, embodied conversational agents) or physically (e.g. social or collaborative robots). They are capable of real-time perception, cognition,…
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The Mobeus Airglass interface is a new ‘middle ground’ approach for telepresence meetings
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Read more: The Mobeus Airglass interface is a new ‘middle ground’ approach for telepresence meetings[A New Jersey startup company called Mobeus has a telepresence product called Airglass, described this way In a November 2022 Business Wire press release: “Airglass converts the desktop into a transparent, glass-like layer, creating the futuristic experience of seeing beyond the display screen. … [It] combines interactive air, i.e., a virtual, see-through touch screen, and immersive glass, i.e., an overlay of an invisible digital layer atop the display, to deliver an enhanced meeting experience.” The author of the Digital Trends story below tried it out and provides a first-person report. See the original version of the story for four more…
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Call: American Archives: Virtuality, Memory, Media Archaeology (5th CRISA Conference)
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Read more: Call: American Archives: Virtuality, Memory, Media Archaeology (5th CRISA Conference)Call for Papers V CRISA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE American Archives: Virtuality, Memory, Media Archaeology Rome, Italy September 18-20, 2023 http://crisa.uniroma3.it/ Deadline for submission of abstracts: February 28, 2023 As acts inscribed and archived on some form of material medium — paper or digital — documents are traces that allow collective and individual memories to establish social and historical realities. The archives that collect such traces play a central role because, through them, processes of elaboration, reworking, and questioning of interconnected national and transnational collective memories become possible. Archives thus allow us to rethink the cultural heritage of a community, contributing to…
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U. of Kansas team develops VR therapy system that aids clients, therapists with real-time brain data
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Read more: U. of Kansas team develops VR therapy system that aids clients, therapists with real-time brain data[A combination of technologies including those that enhance spatial and social presence are combined in a new system for remote psychological therapy, as reported in this story from the University of Kansas. –Matthew] [Image: The Earth mother avatar is shown in the forest setting of the EEG-enabled Virtual Therapy System. Credit: Chris Tacca] KU Team Develops Virtual Reality Therapy System That Aids Clients, Therapists With Real-Time Brain Data Contact: Mike Krings February 6, 2023 LAWRENCE — Clients seeking therapy need to feel comfortable in an environment that is conducive to examining mental health and with a counselor they can trust.…
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