Month: March 2024
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Call: Digital Technologies and Identity (Hybrid symposium)
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Read more: Call: Digital Technologies and Identity (Hybrid symposium)Call for Abstracts Digital Technologies and Identity Tilburg School of Humanities & Digital Sciences, Tilburg University, The Netherlands, and online July 4-5, 2024 https://philevents.org/event/show/120862 Submission deadline: April 30, 2024 Artificial intelligence, algorithms, and other digital technologies impact and transform our identities in various ways. Algorithms perform a wide range of tasks for us, changing the nature of work and our identities as workers. They decide who gets a mortgage, who earns parole, and who is invited to a job interview, constraining our life choices. Algorithms on social media influence how we vote, what groups we align with, and how we…
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AI-generated Marilyn Monroe chatbot can hold an extended conversation with ‘realistic emotions’ and expressions, company claims
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Read more: AI-generated Marilyn Monroe chatbot can hold an extended conversation with ‘realistic emotions’ and expressions, company claims[As reported by Variety, Marilyn Monroe is the latest celebrity to be replicated via technology, this time as an interacting, AI-based chatbot said to mimic and engage with users more effectively than previous efforts. Coverage from Decrypt adds these details: “The idea, Soul Machine explained in a blog post, was fueled by more than nostalgia. Advances in AI tech, the company said, can help honor and reimagine iconic figures in an interactive and engaging way.’From static search to text-based chat to conversational AI, we are witnessing a rapid paradigm shift as we begin to head into conversational chat with multimodal…
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Call: Perception in Games and Virtual Worlds Workshop II
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Read more: Call: Perception in Games and Virtual Worlds Workshop IICall for Papers PERCEPTION IN GAMES AND VIRTUAL WORLDS Workshop II May 10-11, 2024 Regenbogenfabrik, Lausitzer Str. 21a Berlin, Germany https://www.gamephilosophy.org/2024/03/cfp-perception-in-games-and-virtual-worlds-ii-10-11-may-2024/ https://sites.google.com/view/perceptioningames/ Submission deadline for abstracts: April 11, 2024 Both traditional games and games that take place in virtual environments rely on play states designed around their perceptual features. This is apparent by the fact that they prominently rely on phenomenal spatial structures, but also by a variety of perceptual roles that enter into elements like storytelling, sound, kinesthetic feedback and immersive design. How should we understand the character of perception in games and virtual environments? While normal perception registers…
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MAGA uses AI to invent pictures of Trump with Black people
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Read more: MAGA uses AI to invent pictures of Trump with Black people[The latest use of generative artificial intelligence to evoke mistaken perceptions about the role of technology in media experiences involves fabricated images of Donald Trump with Black people, as reported in this story from Futurism. For more images and information, see the original version of the story, as well as the mentioned BBC report and broader coverage from AP. –Matthew] [Image: Source: BBC] MAGA Uses AI to Invent Pictures of Trump With Black People “I’m not claiming it’s accurate.” By Maggie Harrison Dupré March 4, 2024 MAGA influencers are turning to generative AI to fabricate photos of presidential candidate Donald…
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Call: 3rd Workshop on Epistemology and AI
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Read more: Call: 3rd Workshop on Epistemology and AICall for Abstracts 3rd Workshop on Epistemology & AI University of Luxembourg June 13-14, 2024 https://philevents.org/event/show/119742 Submission deadline: April 15, 2024 Invited Speakers: Gloria Andrada (Universidade Nova de Lisboa) Claire Benn (Cambridge University) Aliya R. Dewey (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg) Jumbly Grindrod (University of Reading) Manolo Martínez (Universitat de Barcelona) Organisers: Aleks Knoks (University of Luxembourg) Thomas Raleigh (University of Luxembourg) DESCRIPTION The purpose of this workshop is to explore how recent advances in AI technology intersect with epistemological topics and debates. Some possible topics include, but are by no means limited to, the following: (i) How (if at all) is…
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Inflection’s Pi AI chatbot aims to provide information and a shoulder to cry on
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Read more: Inflection’s Pi AI chatbot aims to provide information and a shoulder to cry on[An artificially intelligent chatbot called Pi (Personal intelligence) is designed to combine “factual and emotional support,” which seems particularly likely to evoke medium-as-social-actor presence. Some of the details are reported in this story from ZDNet (where the original includes a second image). For more information, see the mentioned May 2023 Inflection blog post; see the links at the end of the story to interact with Pi yourself. –Matthew] [Image: Credit: Carol Yepes/Getty Images] Inflection’s Pi AI aims to provide information and a shoulder to cry on Designed to be empathetic, helpful, and safe, Pi also boasts improved skills in such…
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Call: Experiential Learning in Communication Division at National Communication Association (NCA) 2024 Conference
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Read more: Call: Experiential Learning in Communication Division at National Communication Association (NCA) 2024 Conference[NOTE: See the NCA website for more presence-related calls. –Matthew] CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS: Proposals for Experiential Learning in Communication Division at National Communication Association (NCA) 2024 Conference November 21-24, 2024 New Orleans, LA, USA https://www.natcom.org/call-submissions Submission deadline: March 27, 2024 Experiential Learning in Communication welcomes your submissions for our sessions in New Orleans, Louisiana. Experiential learning involves creating and facilitating direct, practical learning experiences for students and asking them to reflect on the learning process. This division focuses on the practice of experiential learning with the goal of understanding the process and impacts of the communication process in our world.…
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L.A. police department survey finds cadets rated VR training ‘excellent,’ want more
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Read more: L.A. police department survey finds cadets rated VR training ‘excellent,’ want more[This short story from Police1 reports that Los Angeles Police Department cadets offer overwhelmingly positive assessments of the use of presence-evoking virtual reality in their training. See the V-Armed website for more information about the form and content of the training; the website’s Press page features links to many print and video news reports. –Matthew] LAPD survey finds cadets rated VR training ‘excellent,’ want more The V-Armed training has been in use at the department since 2022, and trains cadets in situations surrounding de-escalation, mental health and use of force By Joanna Putman, Police1 March 7, 2024 LOS ANGELES —…
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Call: LLMs and the Patterns of Human Language Use (Hybrid Workshop)
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Read more: Call: LLMs and the Patterns of Human Language Use (Hybrid Workshop)CALL FOR PAPERS LLMs and the Patterns of Human Language Use (Hybrid Workshop) Berlin (Weizenbaum Institute / TU Berlin) & online August 29-30, 2024 https://www.denkwerkstatt.berlin/NEXT-EVENT Submission deadline: April 15, 2024 Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT and other generative AI systems are the subject of widespread discussions. They are often used to produce output that ‘makes sense’ in the context of a prompt, such as completing or modifying a text, answering questions, or generating an image or video from a description. However, little is yet known about the possibilities and implications of human-sounding machines entering human communication. The seemingly…
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Govee adds Dune-themed and other presence-evoking lighting effects to your entertainment center
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Read more: Govee adds Dune-themed and other presence-evoking lighting effects to your entertainment center[The short Gamespot story below describes the latest version of a presence-evoking product that extends the lighting on a television (or other) screen to the viewing environment. A press release from the manufacturer via PR Newswire provides more details, and Yanko Design has a detailed review that features many images and a 30 second video (also on YouTube). Here are a couple key quotes from the review: “TV backlights were made to help better immerse you in the show or movie you’re watching by making sure that the light behind and around your TV reflects the content that’s on screen.”…
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Call: FTC 2024 – Future Technologies Conference 2024
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Read more: Call: FTC 2024 – Future Technologies Conference 2024Call for Papers Future Technologies Conference (FTC) 2024 November 14-15, 2024 London, United Kingdom https://saiconference.com/FTC2024/CallforPapers Submission deadline (round 1): March 15, 2024 The Future Technologies Conference presents the best of current systems research and practice, emphasizing innovation and quantified experience. FTC has emerged as a renowned world-wide gathering of academic researchers, Ph.D. and graduate students, top research think tanks and industry technology developers. Join us for FTC 2024, the world’s pre-eminent forum for reporting research breakthroughs in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Data Science, Computing, Ambient Intelligence and related fields. Click here for conference topics. Previous conferences successfully brought together technology…
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Honda combines personal mobility and VR in world’s first extended reality mobility experience to debut at SXSW 2024
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Read more: Honda combines personal mobility and VR in world’s first extended reality mobility experience to debut at SXSW 2024[Here’s an interesting idea to enhance entertaining presence experiences. The story is from autoevolution, where it features a 19-image photo gallery and two videos (also available on YouTube here and here). For more information, see the Honda press release via PR Newswire and coverage from Gizmodo and PC Gamer. –Matthew] Honda Uni-One Coming to SXSW 2024 to Give Americans a First-of-Its-Kind VR Experience By Daniel Patrascu February 29, 2024 A little over a year ago the world got to meet something called the Uni-One. Made by Honda, it is not a car, or a motorcycle, but a sort of wheelchair…
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