Month: February 2024

Call: AI Art Gallery at IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2024

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February 13, 2024

Call for Art Submissions CVPR AI Art Gallery 2024 The IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2024 https://cvpr.thecvf.com/Conferences/2024/CallForAIArt Deadline for art submissions: March 10, 2024 Computer vision techniques have long been used to make art, with tools such as GANs, Stable Diffusion and NeRF gaining popularity in recent years to create novel aesthetics, imagine new ways of seeing the world and investigate the potential of human-machine collaboration in the arts. Apart from that, artists have been looking critically into the workings and applications of object and facial recognition, producing works that highlight the limitations of the current state…
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Gunfire, screams, carnage: As mass shootings proliferate, training gets more realistic

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February 13, 2024

[As mass shootings and other tragedies become depressingly more common, training simulations for first responders in law enforcement and emergency medicine have become more sophisticated, realistic, and effective. The story below from the Louisiana Illuminator provides vivid details; see the original version for two more images and a video. –Matthew] [Image: Deputies in the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department carry an actor playing a gunshot victim to an ambulance during a January mass casualty simulation. Credit: Matt Vasilogambros/Stateline] Gunfire, screams, carnage: As mass shootings proliferate, training gets more realistic Law enforcement and medical workers experience the sights, smells and sounds of…
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Call: Participation in study on XR implementation in STEM education

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February 12, 2024

[From a January 22, 2024 post in the Educause Extended Reality (XR) Community] Research Study Seeking Participants – XR implementation in STEM education My name is Bhargav Upadhyay. I am a Ph.D. student at Clemson University, South Carolina, USA, and my research focuses on using extended reality (XR) technologies for education and training. Our team at Clemson University is working on a National Science Foundation (NSF) project to explore using extended reality (XR – VR, AR , MR) technologies to support STEM technician education. I am contacting educators from technical colleges and universities to request an interview regarding their approach…
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Scary side effects: How VR and video passthrough may rewire our brains

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February 12, 2024

[This breezy read from Business Insider uses research and comments by our colleague Jeremy Bailenson to explain how the increasing and prolonged use of virtual and mixed reality headsets is likely to lead to both familiar negative impacts on perception (e.g., simulator sickness, and distortions in apparent distances to and shapes of objects), as well as some less familiar impacts on how we perceive each other (e.g., as more uncanny) and on the magnitude of differences in our understandings of physical and social reality. See the original story for two more pictures. –Matthew] [Image: Still from animated graphic. Credit: Apple;…
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Call: The era of AI and the merging of human and machine: New perspectives on humanistic and socio-pedagogical knowledge (conference)

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February 9, 2024

Call for Abstracts The era of artificial intelligence and the merging of human and machine: New perspectives on humanistic and socio-pedagogical knowledge September 19-21, 2024 Alghero, Italy https://philevents.org/event/show/116685 Submission deadline: May 31, 2024 The speed of socio-cultural transformations resulting from the advent of the internet, social media and artificial intelligence together with the presence of growing economic interests around data traffic poses serious questions regarding the sustainability of these changes, which have and will have increasingly an impact on the development of cognitive, critical and participation skills in the public sphere of future generations. Alongside optimistic considerations on these technologies,…
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Real-time multi-person video conference deepfake leads to $25 million theft

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February 9, 2024

[A widely reported deepfake scam in Hong Kong is a dramatic illustration of the dangers of presence. The basic details are in the report below from CNN. Coverage from Bloomberg via Channel News Asia captures the unsettling new dangers in the opening line: “Is the boss who’s giving you an order real or just realistic? Deepfakes are now taking Zoom calls to another level of awkwardness, by making us question whether our co-workers are genuine.” The author goes on to identify a series of things “we’ll all need to do in the future for sensitive video calls.” According to RTHK, “Police…
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Call: Delphi study about expert consensus on reporting human-robot interaction user studies

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February 8, 2024

Call for Participation Delphi Study about Expert Consensus on Reporting Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) User Studies [Posted on the AI-SGES e-list on February 8, 2024] Dear colleagues, A team of global HRI researchers will be conducting a Delphi study to generate expert consensus on reporting human-robot interaction (HRI) user studies. This online study seeks to refine a checklist for conducting HRI studies, synthesized from academic publications, to enhance the standardization of reporting practices in the field. We are interested in recruiting HRI experts around the world to help us review and refine the checklist. If you have been actively working in…
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I became friends with an AI avatar on the Replika app. This is what I learned

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February 8, 2024

[A Euronews journalist conducted a personal experiment with a Replika chatbot and reports on her experience in this story. She mentions parasocial relationships and Computers Are Social Actors research, as well as the presence-disrupting effects of AI “hallucinations.” The original version of the story includes the 6:28 minute video mentioned at the end (it’s also available on YouTube). –Matthew] I became friends with an AI avatar on the Replika app. This is what I learned Do friendships with an artificial intelligence (AI) only exist in science fiction? We tested a virtual companion app to explore human-machine relationships. By Margaux Racaniere…
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Call: Society for Phenomenology and Media 25th annual conference

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February 7, 2024

Call for Papers SPM 2024 – The Society for Phenomenology and Media 25th annual conference May 14-19, 2024 Tallinn University, Estonia https://www.societyforphenomenologyandmedia.org/call-for-papers-2024 Deadline for considerations of abstracts and panels March 1, 2024 Applications must be made through EASYCHAIR KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Dermot Moran – Joseph Chair in Catholic Philosophy at Boston College Sara Heinämaa – Professor of Philosophy at the University of Jyväskylä Katrin Tiidenberg – Professor of Participatory Culture at the Baltic Film, Media and Arts School of Tallinn University The Society for Phenomenology and Media encourage submissions for the 25th Annual Conference of the Society for Phenomenology and Media…
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‘OnlyFake’ site spits out faux IDs that can pass verification checks

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February 7, 2024

[Another application of increasingly sophisticated but easy-to-use technology to create convincing simulations of reality – this time official identification documents – is described in this short story from Design TAXI. Coverage from readwrite concludes this way: “This appears to be another leg of the cat-and-mouse race between big tech and bad actors caused by the rapid advances in AI, and a very concerning one given the implications for security systems. Microsoft can attest to the vulnerability of technology after its property was used to create explicit deepfake images of Taylor Swift. This race will be an enduring marathon instead of…
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Call: ICAIR 2024 – 4th International Conference on AI Research

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February 6, 2024

Call for Papers ICAIR 2024 – 4th International Conference on AI Research (formally the European Conference on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics) December 5-6, 2024 Universidade Lusófona, Lisbon, Portugal https://www.academic-conferences.org/conferences/icair/ Abstract submission deadline: May 15, 2024 The International Conference on AI Research (ICAIR) is an opportunity for academics, practitioners, and consultants from around the world who are involved in the study, management and development of artificial intelligence related issues in education, in business or in the public sector to publish and present their research. There are several strong strands of research and interest that are developing in the area including…
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Increasing realism of VR raises concerns about preventing, prosecuting sexual harassment and assault in virtual worlds

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February 6, 2024

[The increasingly realistic and impactful nature of experiences in virtual reality, and the increasing popularity of the technology, creates prospects for both positive and negative effects on users. This Washington Post story describes some of the challenges in preventing and prosecuting sexual harassment and assault in virtual worlds. Here’s a key quote: “’This type of immersive and embodied experience [makes] harassing behavior feel as realistic as in the physical world,’ [Clemson University professor Guo] Freeman said. ‘It’s like my offline body is attacked because it feels so real. It’s like someone is touching me.’” –Matthew] [Image: Credit: Illustration by Emily…
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Month: February 2024

Call: AI Art Gallery at IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2024

Gunfire, screams, carnage: As mass shootings proliferate, training gets more realistic

Call: Participation in study on XR implementation in STEM education

Scary side effects: How VR and video passthrough may rewire our brains

Call: The era of AI and the merging of human and machine: New perspectives on humanistic and socio-pedagogical knowledge (conference)

Real-time multi-person video conference deepfake leads to $25 million theft

Call: Delphi study about expert consensus on reporting human-robot interaction user studies

I became friends with an AI avatar on the Replika app. This is what I learned

Call: Society for Phenomenology and Media 25th annual conference

‘OnlyFake’ site spits out faux IDs that can pass verification checks

Call: ICAIR 2024 – 4th International Conference on AI Research

Increasing realism of VR raises concerns about preventing, prosecuting sexual harassment and assault in virtual worlds

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