Author: Matthew Lombard

Call: AIC 2023 – 9th International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Cognition

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May 12, 2023

Call for Papers AIC 2023: 9th International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Cognition Co-located with the International EASE Fall School on Cognitive Robotics University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany September 14-15, 2023 Workshop: https://ease-crc.org/aic-2023/ EASE Fall School on Cognitive Robotics: https://ease-crc.org/fall-school-2023/ Abstract submission deadline: June 16, 2023 (strict) Paper submission deadline: June 30, 2023 (strict) ABOUT AIC 2023 AIC 2023 is the 9th international appointment of the International Workshop Series AIC on “Artificial Intelligence and Cognition”. The AIC series (see http://www.aicworkshopseries.org/) started in 2013, stemming from the need of creating an international scientific forum for the discussion and the presentation of…
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Generative AI is forcing people to rethink what it means to be authentic

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May 12, 2023

[Fast-evolving artificial intelligence technologies are making it increasingly difficult to “accurately acknowledge the role of the technology in [our] experience,” in other words, they’re making presence more likely and common. This essay by Stanford Professor Victor Lee in The Conversation explains how generative AI requires us to “reexamine and recalibrate” our assumptions about the roles of technology – the authenticity – in many of our experiences. –Matthew] [Image: Generative AI thrives on exploiting people’s reflexive assumptions of authenticity by producing material that looks like ‘the real thing.’ Credit: artpartner-images/The Image Bank via Getty Images] Generative AI is forcing people to…
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Call: “Chatbots and a new kind of responsibility gap?” free hybrid talk May 17, 2023

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May 11, 2023

Call for Participation “Chatbots and a new kind of responsibility gap?” A talk by Guido Löhr of Eindhoven University of Technology May 17, 2023 at 15:00 CET Institute of Philosophy, Leuven (Belgium) and online The KU Leuven Chair Ethics and AI and Working Group on Philosophy of Technology are pleased to invite you to a talk by Guido Löhr of Eindhoven University of Technology entitled Chatbots and a new kind of responsibility gap? The event will take place Wednesday May 17, 2023, at 15:00 (CET) at the Institute of Philosophy, Leuven. No registration is required for in-person attendance. If attending…
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New wireless system worn on face or lip produces fragrances in a virtual world

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May 11, 2023

[Researchers continue to look for a practical and effective way to add smells, and taste, to presence experiences. The Scientific American story below describes a new effort that solves some long-standing problems, and the excerpt from coverage in MIT Technology Review that follows it provides more details. See the new article in Nature Communications for more information and three short videos. –Matthew] [Image: The first part of Figure 4a in “Soft, miniaturized, wireless olfactory interface for virtual reality“: “A demonstration of the skin-integrated Device 1 in displaying olfaction feedback for providing an immersive experience to users during movie watching. Here,…
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Call: “SecondDeath. Experiences of Death Across Technologies” chapters for Springer Philosophy book

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May 10, 2023

Call for Chapters Springer Book series: Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics (SAPERE) SecondDeath. Experiences of Death Across Technologies Submission deadline: Expressions of interest requested ASAP; Chapters: December 2024 Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to inform you that the international academic publisher Springer is planning the release of the “SecondDeath. Experiences of Death Across Technologies” (2024) in the book series Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics (SAPERE). This book edition has been entrusted to Alger Sans Pinillos (University of Pavia), alger.sanspinillos@unipv.it, Vicent Costa (Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, IIIA-CSIC), and Jordi Vallverdú (ICREA Academia – Autonomous University…
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The next step: App lets you video chat with a ChatGPT-powered digital avatar

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May 10, 2023

[In a logical step to increase our experiences of social presence when we interact with artificial intelligence, instead of having to type and read text, the Call Annie app described in this story from ZDNet lets you have an audio-visual conversation (in the form of a faux video call) with a virtual avatar of the AI software. See also a story from KOIN 6 in Portland, Oregon that features a 6:17 minute television interview with Bubbles, another avatar for ChatGPT; you can have a visual conversation with “her” too, here. –Matthew] [Image: Credit: Screenshots by Lance Whitney/ZDNET] This free iPhone…
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Call: XR Access 2023 Symposium: Seizing Advancements for Access

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May 9, 2023

Call for Participation XR Access 2023: Seizing Advancements for Access June 15-16, 2023 Cornell Tech campus in New York City and online https://xraccess.org/symposium/ ABOUT THE SYMPOSIUM The last few years have seen amazing technological breakthroughs in software and hardware alike. Join us for the 5-year anniversary of the XR Access Symposium, hybrid in New York for the first time since 2019, and learn about how these technological advancements can be used to make virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (collectively XR) more accessible for people with disabilities. This 1.5 day conference will take place on June 15-16 at the Verizon Executive…
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New AI app makes photos of you hanging out with your friends

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May 9, 2023

[The new free iOS app Hotshot uses image generating AI to create photos of users and anyone in their contacts doing “anything.” If the images it produces aren’t convincingly real now it’s hard to imagine they won’t be soon. The story below from Futurism, supplemented by excerpts from The Chainsaw, provides details. Wonderful Engineering echoes other coverage with the statement that the app “raises important questions regarding ownership, consent, and authenticity. Genuine human connections cannot ultimately be supplanted by manufactured experiences and visuals.” Mosaic ML has an interview with the co-founders of the company behind the app, Natural Synthetics, that…
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Call: From C-3PO to HAL: Opening the Discourse about the Dark Side of Multi-Modal Social Agents – CUI 2023 Workshop

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May 8, 2023

Call for Papers From C-3PO to HAL: Opening the Discourse about the Dark Side of Multi-Modal Social Agents A hybrid workshop at the ACM Conversational User Interfaces (CUI) 2023 conference July 19, 2023 at 13:00 – 17:00 (UTC+2) Eindhoven, The Netherlands and online Workshop: https://www.digital-media-lab.uni-bremen.de/multimodaldarkpatterns CUI 2023: https://www.conversationaluserinterfaces.org/2023/ Submission deadline: June 2, 2023 Overview: Communicative bots such as voice assistants, social (ro-)bots, and taskbots are increasingly becoming part of everyday life, with work showing how we integrate these agents in our daily routines while creating emotional bonds with them. As these artificial agents grow in numbers and level of sophistication,…
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Mechanical backpack boosts the sensation of jumping in virtual reality

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May 8, 2023

[A new device developed by researchers at the University of Chicago enhances presence illusions by making the sensations of jumping or falling in virtual reality more realistic, as reported in this short story from New Scientist. See the original version of the story for a 41 second video (also available on YouTube). You can also watch the 10-minute presentation recorded at the CHI 2023 conference on YouTube, read the published paper in the CHI Proceedings (where it includes three different videos), and find more presence-related information on Professor Pedro Lopes’ website. –Matthew] Mechanical backpack boosts the sensation of jumping in…
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Call: IEEE CTSoc International Gaming, Entertainment and Media (GEM) 2023 conference

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May 5, 2023

CALL FOR PAPERS Gaming, Entertainment and Media (GEM) 2023 conference: Where Technology and Art Collide Sponsored by IEEE Consumer Technology Society (CTSoc) November 19-22, 2023 Bridgetown, Barbados (Hybrid – In-Person + Virtual) https://ieeegem.org/ Paper/demo submission deadline: June 30, 2023 Get ready to witness what happens when technology and the arts collide at IEEE CTSoc International GEM 2023 conference. This premier conference brings together leading researchers, academics, and industry professionals to explore the intersection of games, entertainment, media and the arts. With exciting networking opportunities, you’ll have the chance to share and discover cutting-edge research, ideas, and experiences on the future…
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‘The bridge is yours:’ You can now virtually visit every Star Trek Enterprise bridge

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May 5, 2023

[As a decades-long fan of Star Trek, I couldn’t not post this news about a new online recreation of the bridge of every iteration of the U.S.S. Enterprise. This story from Gizmodo captures the appeal of the spatial, if not social, presence experiences the virtual recreations are said to offer. Coverage from The Verge adds this detail: “The Roddenberry Archive and OTOY say they’ll be adding the voice of Majel Roddenberry, who played several roles, including the ship’s computer, to the archive ‘in the coming months.’ Her son Rod says that in 2008, Majel ‘meticulously recorded her voice phonetically, with…
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Author: Matthew Lombard

Call: AIC 2023 – 9th International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Cognition

Generative AI is forcing people to rethink what it means to be authentic

Call: “Chatbots and a new kind of responsibility gap?” free hybrid talk May 17, 2023

New wireless system worn on face or lip produces fragrances in a virtual world

Call: “SecondDeath. Experiences of Death Across Technologies” chapters for Springer Philosophy book

The next step: App lets you video chat with a ChatGPT-powered digital avatar

Call: XR Access 2023 Symposium: Seizing Advancements for Access

New AI app makes photos of you hanging out with your friends

Call: From C-3PO to HAL: Opening the Discourse about the Dark Side of Multi-Modal Social Agents – CUI 2023 Workshop

Mechanical backpack boosts the sensation of jumping in virtual reality

Call: IEEE CTSoc International Gaming, Entertainment and Media (GEM) 2023 conference

‘The bridge is yours:’ You can now virtually visit every Star Trek Enterprise bridge

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