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SUMMARY:Fact Checking and Fact-based journalism in the age of AI
DESCRIPTION:Kristiania University College and MediaFutures partner Faktisk.no have the honour to invite to a full-day conference about the challenges and opportunities that AI presents in the field of fact-checking. \nHow to distinguish between genuine and AI-generated content?\nThe challenges arising from new AI technology in fact-checking are significant. How is this field evolving\, and what methods are being employed to uncover AI-generated visual content? \nThe event is free of charge and is aimed at journalists and editors in Norwegian media\, representatives from Norwegian political parties\, intelligence services\, top executives\, employees of humanitarian and human rights organizations\, as well as researchers. \nThe event will be conducted in English. Please remember to register for the event. \nDeadline to register: 25.10.2023 \nThe conference will be also available via streaming. \nProgram\n09.00: Doors open \n09.30: Welcome & introduction by Morten L. Dahlback (Faktisk.no) and Nils Arne Bakke (Kristiania University College). \n10.00: Presentation by Mevan Babakar\, the News and Information Credibility Lead at Google. \n10.45: 15 min break \n11.00: Presentation by Andrew Dudfield\, interim CEO of Full Fact\, the UK’s largest independent fact-checking organization. \n11.45: 60 min lunch break \n12.45: Amnesty International’s AI-Generated Images: A Critical Assessment by Liv Hausken\, professor and the head of the research for Media Aesthetics at the University of Oslo. \n13.30: 15 min break \n13.45: Multimodal Generative AI and Synthetic Media: Current Threats and Responses from a Global Human Rights and Civic Journalism Perspective by Sam Gregory\, Executive Director of the independent fact-checking organization WITNESS. \n14.30: 15 min break \n14.45: Focus on the interaction between journalism and tech development by Pål Nedregotten\, Director of Technology at the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK). \n15.30: Closing remarks \nSmall changes in the program may occur\, potentially causing smaller moves of the time of the lunch break and the end.
URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/fact-checking-and-fact-based-journalism-in-the-age-of-ai/
LOCATION:Kristiania\, Kirkegata 24-26\, Oslo\, Kirkegata 24-26\, Oslo\, Norway
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SUMMARY:MediaFutures Annual Meeting 2023
DESCRIPTION:MediaFutures is a centre for research-based innovation with the goal to develop responsible media technology\, leveraging AI technology\, for the media sector. \nThe centre is a consortium of the most important media players in Norway. The University of Bergen is the host of the centre. User partners include NRK and TV 2\, the two main TV broadcasters in Norway\, Schibsted\, including Bergens Tidende (BT)\, and Amedia\, the two largest news media houses in Scandinavia/Norway\, as well as the world-renowned Norwegian media tech companies Vizrt\, Highsoft and the global tech and media player IBM. The centre collaborates with renowned national research institutions including the University of Oslo\, the University of Stavanger and NORCE\, and works together with high-profile international research institutions. \nThis years Media Futures Annual Meeting will be held at November 16-17 at Media City Bergen\, Norway\, the 2023 Annual Meeting constitutes a forum for the exchange of scientific results and industry insights within the field of responsible media technology. \nThis year’s focus topic are Generative AI and the EU AI Act. In particular\, we are interested in tackling questions related to as to what extent Generative AI and the EU AI Act will have an impact on the future of the media. \nFollowing last year’s success\, the 2023 Annual Meeting is expected once again to attract\, and bring together Norwegian and international researchers\, and industry practitioners with the intent of engaging in discussions on topics related to: \n\nAI Policy & Media Experiences\nAI Policy & Recommender Technology\nGenerative AI & Content Production\nGenerative AI & Media Interaction\nGenerative AI & Large Language Models\n\nJoin us for inspirational keynote talks\, prototype demonstrations\, presentations held by our researchers\, and industry partners\, and poster session. \nWe are pleased to announce the following high-profile keynote speakers and experts in the field of AI: Ricardo Baeza-Yates and Esther Paniagua. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Registration closed.For late registrations please emailoffice@mediafutures.no \n \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				DIRECTIONS\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Day 1\nThe venue for Day 1 is the Atlantis Auditorium at the Conference Centre at Media City Bergen. \nMedia City Bergen is in downtown Bergen\, close to the main bus terminal.The closest public transport stop is “Nygård” where you can take the “bybanen” light rail\, or buses 12 or 13. \nYou will find the registration desk in the Atrium once you enter Media City Bergen. \n\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				https://maps.app.goo.gl/GpZtDYshog3BhwWbA  \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Dinner \nThe Conference Dinner\, for affiliates only\, will be at 20:00 of Day 1\, November 16th.It will be held at Kulturhuset I Bergen\, Vaskerelven 8. \n\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				https://maps.app.goo.gl/XFQP4UCiYMq6aptx5  \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Day 2\nDay 2 of the Annual Meeting\, for affiliates only\, will take place at Storm 2 at the Conference Centre at Scandic Ørnen. \nScandic Ørnen is located in Lars Hilles Gate 18\, right next to the main bus terminal.The closest public transport stop is “Bergen Busstasjon”\, the main bus terminal. \n\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				https://maps.app.goo.gl/oHBxMur84ReqdFVx7  \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				PROGRAM\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Day 1: Media City Bergen \n\n\n\nAI Policy Workshop\n\n\n09:00\nGetting on the EU Policy Train.Charlotte Eide and Vivil Haraldsen\n\n\n10:30\nA Brief Primer on Global AI Policy.Nicholas Diakopoulos\n\n\n11:00\nDeveloping Mitigation Strategies to Counter Negative Impacts of Generative AI .Kimon Kieslich and Nicholas Diakopoulos\n\n\nOpening Session\n\n\n12:00\nRegistration\n\n\n13:00\nWelcome Adresse by Christoph Trattner\, UiB Vice-Rector Pinar Heggernes\, and\, MCB CEO Helge O. Svela\n\n\nKeynote Session\n\n\n13:15\nKeynote: Ricardo Baeza-YatesGenerative AI: The End of the Digital Truth?\n\n\n14:00\nBreak\n\n\n14:15\nKeynote: Esther PaniaguaThrive or die? The future of journalism in the AI age\n\n\n15:00\nBreak\n\n\n15:15\nPanel on Generative AI & AI PolicyAndreas Bengtsson\, Ricardo Baeza-Yates\,Esther Paniagua and Marija Slavkovik.Moderator: Nick Diakopoulos\n\n\nPoster & Demo Session\n\n\n16:00\nDemo & Poster Exhibition\n\n\n17:30\nDemo & Poster Awards\n\n\n\n\n\n\n20:00\nConference Dinner\n\n\n\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Day 2 (Internal): Scandic Ørnen \n\n\n\nWork Package Sessions\n\n\n09:30\nInfo and announcements\n\n\n09:35\nWP1: Understanding Media Experiences\n\n\n10:00\nWP2: User Modeling\, Personalisation & Engagement\n\n\n10:20\nWP3: Media Content Production & Analysis\n\n\n10:45\nBreak + Group Photo\n\n\n11:05\nWP4: Media Content Interaction & Accessibility\n\n\n11:25\nWP5: Norwegian Language Technologies\n\n\n12:00\nLunch\n\n\nUniversity – Industry Collaboration Session\n\n\n13:00\nUniversity – Industry (UI) Collaboration Paper PresentationFlorence Jane Walker\, UiB\n\n\n13:20\nUniversity – Industry (UI) Collaboration Panel DiscussionFlorence Jane Walker\, Enrico Motta\,Irene Costera Meijer\, Eivind ThrondsenModerator: Leif Ove Larsen\n\n\n14:05\nBreak\n\n\nWorld Café Session\n\n\n14:25\nIntroduction to World Cafe\n\n\n14:30\nAI/UI/Policy World Cafe Session 1\n\n\n14:50\nAI/UI/Policy World Cafe Session 2\n\n\n15:10\nAI/UI/Policy World Cafe Session 3\n\n\n15:25\nSummary\n\n\n16:00\nEnd\n\n\n\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				AI POLICY WORKSHOP\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				From 9 to 12 on day 1 of the Annual Meeting\, MediaFutures will host a AI Policy Workshop. \nThe workshop is divided into 3 sessions: \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Getting on the EU Policy Train\n9am-10:30am \nCharlotte Eide and Vivil Haraldsen \nAre you interested in knowing more about EU policy making and opportunities to give input? \nAt this workshop you will get an overview of EU decision making processes relevant for the Research & Innovation sector\, see examples of how you can give your input to a specific policy area or to research and innovation priorities in EU programmes\, and explore upcoming opportunities for giving policy input in your field. \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				A Brief Primer on Global AI Policy\n10:30am-11am \nNicholas Diakopoulos \nYou could spend all day every day reading about new AI policy proposals. Regulatory initiatives are well underway in the EU\, but things are also developing in China\, the US\, and via various global organizations. In this session we’ll cover some of the highlights so you have a better overview of what’s happening in the world of AI policy.  \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Developing Mitigation Strategies to Counter Negative Impacts of Generative AI \n11am-12pm.  \nKimon Kieslich and Nicholas Diakopoulos \nWhat policies are actually going to work to reduce the negative impacts of generative AI in media and society? In this interactive session we’ll present scenarios and develop policy approaches that might actually work to reduce those impacts.  \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				KEYNOTE SESSION\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Ricardo Baeza-Yates\, Director of Research\, Institute for Experiential AI\, Northeastern University \nRicaro Baeza-Yates is Director of Research at the Institute for Experiential AI of Northeastern University. Before\, he was VP of Research at Yahoo Labs\, based in Barcelona\, Spain\, and later in Sunnyvale\, California\, from 2006 to 2016. He is co-author of the best-seller Modern Information Retreival textbook published by Addison-Wesley in 1999 and 2011 (2nd ed)\, that won the ASIST 2012 Book of the Year award. From 2002 to 2004 he was elected to the Board of Governors of the IEEE Computer Society and between 2012 and 2016 was elected for the ACM Council. In 2009 he was named ACM Fellow and in 2011 IEEE Fellow\, among other awards and distinctions. He obtained a Ph.D. in CS from the University of Waterloo\, Canada\, in 1989\, and his areas of expertise are web search and data mining\, information retrieval\, bias on AI\, data science and algorithms in general. \nWe are honored to have Ricardo Baeza-Yates as a keynote speaker at our Annual Meeting. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Ricardo Baeza-Yates \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Abstract\n				Generative AI: The End of the Digital Truth? \nThe Media of the future may be completely different from today’s\, consisting of a mixture of truths and falsehoods. Determining what was generated by a chatbot and what was generated by a human being will be almost impossible. In fact\, it will be difficult to know what data we can even use to continue improving the technology. Over time\, it may learn from itself\, becoming less and less human. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Esther Paniagua\, Columnist and author specializing in science\, technology\, and cybersecurity.  \nEsther Paniagua is an award-winning tech & society journalist and author. Esther is one of Spain’s Linkedin Top Voices in Technology & Innovation. She has been honored as one of the “Top 100 Women Leaders of Spain” and as one of the “100 Most Creative People in Business” by Forbes. Her outstanding contributions to science\, technology\, and innovation journalism have earned her numerous awards. \nHer latest book\, Error 404. Are you ready for a world without the internet? (Debate\, 2021)\, has garnered critical acclaim. Originally published in Spanish\, it has been translated into German (Hoffman und Campe) and into Italian (Einaudi). “Error 404” will also be available in Polish\, Greek\, Croatian\, and Romanian soon. \nEsther is highly sought after as a speaker on topics related to digital governance\, tech ethics\, artificial intelligence\, and cybersecurity. Additionally\, Esther teaches AI Journalism at the Rey Juan Carlos University’s master’s degree program in Investigative Journalism\, New Narratives\, Data\, Fact-checking\, and Transparency. \nWe are thrilled to have Esther Paniagua as a keynote speaker at our Annual Meeting. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Esther Paniagua \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Abstract\n				Thrive or die? The future of journalism in the AI age \nGradually and then suddenly\, AI has erupted into the media landscape. As we navigate this transformative era\, pressing questions arise: Can AI fulfill its promises of enhancing work efficiency\, boosting audience engagement\, generating substantial economic gains\, and liberating journalists from repetitive tasks? Or does it pose a threat to the very fabric of journalism\, within the backdrop of precariousness and content plundering?This talk aims to unravel the complex web of AI’s -and more specifically LLM’s- impact on journalism\, scaling automatic content generation and the proliferation of deepfakes in an already ‘infoxicated’ ecosystem. By exploring both utopian and dystopian scenarios\, we seek to 1) provide insights into the potential futures that media and journalism face and 2) provide proposals\, from an ethical and responsible media perspective\, to ensure that Journalism thrives (and does not die) in the AI age. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Panel on Generative AI & AI Policy \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Day 1 of the Annual meeting features a panel on Generative AI & AI Policy. Participants include our two keynote speakers\, Ricardo Baeza-Yates as well as Esther Paniagua. They are joined by head of Schibsted Futures Lab\, Andreas Bengtsson\, as well as head of the Department of Information Science and Media Studies\, Marija Slavkovik. The panel is moderated by Nicholas Diakopoulos. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				POSTER & DEMO SESSION\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				We invited students from all areas of media studies\, information sciences\, informatics and other related fields to submit poster and demo abstracts for our Annual Meeting on 16-17 November. \nThe demo and poster session will take place on-site at the Media City Bergen Atrium. The presenters of the demos and posters will be given the opportunity to pitch their posters. \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n\n\nName\nPoster\n\n\nAnastasiia Klimashevskaia\nEvaluating The Effects of Calibrated Popularity Bias Mitigation: A Field Study\n\n\nAyoub Majjodi\nHow the user’s food knowledge and nudges effect the user experience?\n\n\nBilal Mahmood\nEditorial Component in a News Recommender System\n\n\nHuiling You\nJSEEGraph: Joint Structured Event Extraction as Graph Parsing\n\n\nGloria Anne Babile Kasangu\nAffective News Framing\n\n\nMarianne Borchevink-Brækhus\nWhat does it mean when people spend less time on news?\n\n\nPeter Andrews\nAiCommentator: A Multimodal Conversational Agent for Embedded Visualization in Football Viewing\n\n\nSohail Khan\nDeepfake Detection: A Comparative Analysis\n\n\nJohn Magnus Dahl\nWhat if all your news were from…\n\n\nErik Knudsen\nNudge me towards a filter bubble!\n\n\nSamia Touileb\nMeasuring Normative and Descriptive Biases in Language Models Using Census Data\n\n\nDaniel Rosnes\nEvaluating Feature-Specific Similarity Metrics using Human Judgments for Norwegian News\n\n\nFlorence Walker\nI Dreamt of Something Lost\n\n\nVanessa Marie Haaland\nResponsible Personalization of Advertisement on News Websites\n\n\nAgnar haugbjørg Haugen\nExploring Political Engagement and Communication in Twitch Chat: A User-Centric Perspective\n\n\nAndreas Solberg Jensen\nPodcasts and platforms\n\n\nThomas Laag\nContext-awareness in media recommendations\n\n\nSnorre Alvsvåg\nPersonalized Playlists on TV 2 Play\n\n\n\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				In additon to the posters\, 11 demos will be displayed showcasing recent work. The following researchers will present demos: \n\nAnastasiia Klimanshevskaia\nAyoub Majjodi\nBilal Mahmood\nGloria Anne Babile Kasangu\nPeter Andrews\nSohail Khan\nJohn Magnus Dahl\nErik Knudsen\nDaniel Rosnes\nSamia Touileb\nHuiling You\n\n  \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				WP SESSIONS\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				WP Session Programme (Start of Day 2): \n\n\n\nWP1: Understanding Media Experiences\n\n\n09:35\nWP1 OverviewBrita Ytre-Arne\, UiB\n\n\n09:40\nBeyond «more time is better»: Understanding experiences of quick news use practicesMarianne Borchgrevink-Brækhus\, UiB\n\n\n09:50\nWhat smartphones actually mean to teenagers – insights from an ethnographic studyJohn Magnus Dahl\, UiB\n\n\nWP2: User Modeling\, Personalisation & Engagement\n\n\n10:00\nResponsible Personalization and Recommendation TechnologyMehdi Elahi\, UiB\n\n\n10:05\nWhen sport get personalAstrid Tessem\, TV2\n\n\n10:10\nForget about Erna\, here comes BERTThomas Husken\, BT\n\n\n10:15\nCalibrated Popularity Bias Mitigation: Evaluating the Effects OnlineAnastasiia Klimashevskaia\, UiB\n\n\nWP3: Media Content Production & Analysis\n\n\n10:20\nFact-Checking Complex ClaimsVinay Setty\, UiS\n\n\n10:35\nThe Need for Multimodal Verification: A Newsroom PerspectiveMorten Langfeldt Dahlback\, Faktisk.no\n\n\n10:45\nBreak + Group Photo\n\n\nWP4: Media Content Interaction & Accessibility\n\n\n11:05\nMultimodal Conversational Agents for Embedded Visualization in Football ViewingMorten Fjeld\, UiB\n\n\n11:15\nDynamic Aspect Ratio for Live News at TV2Ingar Arntzen\, NORCE\n\n\nWP5: Norwegian Language Technologies\n\n\n11:25\nWP5 OverviewLilja Øvrelid\, UiO\n\n\n11:30\nJSEEGraph: Joint Structured Event Extraction as Graph ParsingHuilin You\, UiO\n\n\n11:40\nThe EDEN dataset\, and application of JSEEGraph to NorwegianLilja Øvrelid\, UiO\n\n\n11:50\nSummarization benchmark for NorwegianSamia Touileb\, UiB\n\n\n\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				UNIVERSITY – INDUSTRY COLLABORATION SESSION\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Day 2 of the Annual Meeting features a Session on University – Industry Collaboration. Participants are Florence Jane Walker\, Enrico Motta\, and Irene Costera Meijer\, who are currently working on a paper featuring aspects of collaboration between akademia and industry. The session starts with Florence Jane Walker presenting the findings of their study. Following the presentation the paper authors\, Florence\, as well as the co-authors Enrico Motta and Irene Costera Meijer is joined by Schibsted Academic Liason Eivind Throndsen in a panel. The panel is moderated by Leif Ove Larsen. \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				WORLD CAFÉ\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				At the end of day 2 we will be hosting a World Café on the conference topics: \n\nGenerative AI\nAI Policy\nUniveristy Industry Collaboration\n\nThere will be 3 sessions where participants will be seated at one of the topics for each of the sessions. \nTable hosts: \nGenerative AI: \n\nNicholas Diakopoulos\nDietmar Jannach\n\nU-I Collaboration: \n\nEnrico Motta\nIrene Costera Meijer\n\nAI Policy \n\nKimon Kieslich\nOskar Juhlin\n\n 
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SUMMARY:CuttingEdge AI: What do we do with one billion for artificial intelligence?
DESCRIPTION:UiB AI\, in collaboration with NORA\, is excited to announce the Cutting Edge AI seminar taking place in Bergen on November 24th at the University Aula. Media Futures\, a part of this collaboration\, invites you to join us for an engaging discussion on the effective allocation of the government-promised AI billion. What is the actual purpose of having one billion for artificial intelligence? \nThe government presented an ambitious national initiative in September\, focusing on research in artificial intelligence and digital security. The Prime Minister pledged a minimum investment of one billion Norwegian kroner over the next five years. Since then\, there has been a heated debate among various academic communities regarding the direction of this initiative. Should the emphasis be on developing AI technology\, or is it more crucial to research its applications and consequences? Is the debate merely a positioning of different academic communities seeking funding\, or is there a genuine disagreement about the future of artificial intelligence research? \nWe hereby invite you to a debate where we delve into how we should utilize the AI billion. We are bringing together representatives from the government\, administration\, research communities\, and business sectors to gain diverse perspectives on the path forward in Norway’s major investment in artificial intelligence. \nUiB AI\nFour times a year\, UiB AI organizes seminars that shed light on various aspects of artificial intelligence. The seminar series serves as a meeting point for UiB employees and students interested in topics related to artificial intelligence. Participation is free\, and the event is open to all interested individuals. \nUiB AI is an initiative aimed at coordinating and showcasing all research\, education\, and innovation activities related to artificial intelligence at the University of Bergen. It facilitates collaboration and connections between faculties and external partners outside UiB. \nNORA\nCutting Edge AI” is NORA’s seminar series where they explore the latest developments in artificial intelligence through hybrid seminars. \nNORA\, the Norwegian Artificial Intelligence Research Consortium\, is a Norwegian collaboration between eight universities\, three colleges\, and four research institutes focused on AI\, machine learning\, and robotics. NORA operates a national research school\, an industrial network\, and provides support to startup companies. It has established itself as a national authority\, consulted on matters of national importance.
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SUMMARY:PhD halfway presentation by Peter Daniel Andrews
DESCRIPTION:On November 28th\, MediaFutures PhD candidate Peter Daniel Andrews will hold a midway presentation on his work. Anyone can drop by to listen and ask questions. \nAbstract \nYoung adults rank among the least engaged consumers of digital news media. Generation Z predominantly engages with news through social media platforms\, significantly altering traditional news consumption patterns. While viewing video content\, Generation Z often simultaneously engages with social media and online resources\, redefining traditional viewing paradigms. Cross-device multitasking primarily facilitates the search for relevant information across multiple platforms\, thereby enhancing media contextualization. Simultaneously\, it leverages social media to transform individual experiences into collaborative endeavors. This project aims to encapsulate the cross-device experience into a single platform where young adults can interact with video content to explore information\, improving their understanding and accessibility of digital news media. Integrating an interactive platform atop video content provides a more immersive and engaging experience. However\, to make video interactive\, it is first necessary to extract contextual information so users can easily interact with content. Recent advances in Computer Vision (CV) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) have allowed for more sophisticated video content analysis. Using Object Detection and Multi-Object Tracking (MOT)\, contextual data is drawn from the video content and linked to relevant identities. By linking these identities to an external dataset resource\, information regarding and surrounding content within the video becomes accessible for the user to assist in exploring digital news media. The user then has the freedom to explore and access information relevant to their understanding and experience. A dynamic interactive layer provides the necessary interface for users to engage directly with content extracted from the CV and AI backend. Utilizing Multimodal Conversational Agents (MCAs)\, users can interact seamlessly with the video content through natural language input while receiving feedback through multiple sensory modalities. The project uses quantitative and qualitative methods to assess the framework’s usability. The analysis aims to evaluate the feasibility of implementing such systems to assist young adults in comprehending news media video content. It also seeks to enhance user engagement and immersion\, justifying its continued and future application. This research aims to revolutionize how young adults interact with and comprehend news media by offering an interactive layer that facilitates a deeper understanding and engagement with content topics\, unlike traditional methods. By leveraging MCAs\, the project enhances comprehension and introduces a fun and immersive element to digital news consumption\, transforming it into an engaging and interactive experience. This approach counters the current trends of low engagement among young adults\, presenting a new paradigm for how they interact with and understand news media.
URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/phd-halfway-presentation-by-peter-daniel-andrews/
LOCATION:Nygårdsgaten 5\, Nordre Allmenning 3 at Læringsarenaen
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SUMMARY:Bergen-Boston Forum
DESCRIPTION:We are happy to invite to a two-day hybrid workshop about AI and the Future of Protest Politics: Politics and Emotions in the Age of Digital Transformation and Surveillance Capitalism. \nOur goal is to bring together prominent scholars from different disciplines to discuss the impact of AI-based platforms\, and their underlying technological and economic principles\, on political discourse and protest.  \nThe event will draw on the Boston-Bergen Forum on Digital Futures—an international research network among the ‘Culture\, Society & Politics’ and the ‘Practical Philosophy’ research groups at UiB’s Philosophy Department\, the Applied Ethics Center at UMass Boston\, and the MIT Program Human Rights and Technology.  \nMediaFutures center director Christoph Tratter is co-leading the project together with Professor Franz Knappik (Bergen)\, Dr. Christopher Senf (Bergen) and Professor Nir Eisikovist (UMass). \n\nWHERE: The Philosophy Department in Bergen\, Sydnesplassen 12/13\, seminarrommet i 1. etasje \nAs it is a hybrid event\, you can join the event in person or via zoom. \nRegister here\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n\n\n\n\n1st Workshop Day\, Thursday\, November 30th\n\n\n\n09.15 am\nWelcome Note\n\n\n\nSection I:     Making AI Intelligible\n\n\n\n09.30 am\nKeynote by Herman Cappelen (Hong Kong\, online):“AI and The Commodification of Meaning”\n\n\n10.15 am\nQ&A (Moderation\, Jesse Tomalty)\n\n\n11.00 am\nRosalie Waelen (Bonn):“The Struggle for Recognition and AI’s Impact on Self-development”\n\n\n11.30 am\nQ&A (Moderation\, Chris Senf)\n\n\n12.30 am\nLunch break at Café Christie\n\n\nSection II:     Contesting the Attention Economy\n\n\n13.45 pm\nSebastian Watzl (Oslo):“What is Wrong with How Attention is Commodified?”\n\n\n14.30 pm\n James Williams: “tba” \n\n\n15.00 pm\nQ&A (Moderation\, Alec Stubbs)\n\n\nSection III:    Algorithms of (In)justice\n\n\n15.45 pm\nKjetil Rommetveit (Bergen):“(How) Can you code rights and morality into digital infrastructures and AIs?”\n\n\n16.15 pm\nAlec Stubbs (UMass\, Boston):“Generative AI and the future of Work”\n\n\n16:45 pm\nQ&A (Moderation\, Carlota Salvador Megias)\n\n\n17.30 pm\nEnd\n\n\n\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n\n\n\n\n2nd Workshop Day\, Friday\, December 1st\n\n\n\n10.00 am\nWelcome Note\n\n\n\nSection I:     Political Technologies\n\n\n\n10.15 am\n Eugenia Stamboliev (Vienna):“Protesting the Classification of Emotions (affects) and its Technological means”\n\n\n10.45 am\nJames Hughes (UMass\, Boston):“Communication Technologies: Hegemonic\, Radicalizing and Democratic”\n\n\n11.15 am\n Q&A (Moderation\, Alec Stubbs)\n\n\n12.15 am\nLunch break at Café Christie\n\n\nSection II:     Future of Protest Movements\n\n\n13:30 pm\n Paul Raekstad (Amsterdam):“Domination Without Dominators: The Impersonal Causes of Oppression”\n\n\n14:00 pm\nChristopher Senf (Bergen):“Algorithmic Exploitation of Recognition”\n\n\n14.30 pm\nQ&A (Moderation\, Ane Engelstad)\n\n\n15.15 pm\nCoffee break\n\n\nSection III     Activism and Philosophy in the Age of AI\n\n\n15.30 pm\nMaria Brincker (UMass Boston\, online):“What kind of space is a ‘platform’ with its own goals?”\n\n\n16.00 pm\nKade Crockford (ACLU Massachusetts & MIT Media Lab\, online):“All Politics is Local: Fighting Face Surveillance from the Ground Up in Massachusetts”\n\n\n16.30 pm\nQ&A (Moderation\, Chris Senf)\n\n\n17:30 pm\nEnd\n\n\n\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Abstracts: \n1)   Herman Wright Cappelen (Hong Kong) \n“AI and the Commodification of Meaning” \nAI systems\, owned by private corporations\, will soon have the ability to control the meaning of the sentences we speak and interpret. This can be seen as a form of commodification of speech act content\, a more serious form of commodification than e.g.\, artistic commodification. The determination of meaning by AI raises concerns about corporate control over language\, reminiscent of Orwellian scenarios. Often\, the goals behind these communicative exchanges will be foreign to individuals\, who may not endorse or even be aware of them. The result is a form of meaning alienation.  \n2)   Rosalie Waelen (Bonn)  \n“The struggle for recognition and AI’s impact on self-development” \nCritical theories\, with their focus on power dynamics and emancipation\, offer a valuable basis for the analysis of AI’s social and political impact. Axel Honneth’s theory of recognition is one such critical theory. Honneth’s theory of recognition adds to the present AI ethics debate\, because it shines light on the different ways in which AI reinforces or exacerbates struggles for recognition. Moreover\, through the lens of Honneth’s theory of recognition\, one learns how AI can harm people’s self-development. This presentation highlights some of those contemporary struggles for recognition and their (potential) impact on people´s self-development.   \n3)   Sebastian Watzl (UiO Oslo) \n“What is Wrong with How Attention is Commodified?” \nOur attention is commodified: it is bought and sold in market transactions when individuals lend out the ability to control their attentional capacities in exchange (for example) for technological services. What is wrong with that? Attention markets\, we argue\, resemble labor markets. By drawing on the ethics of commodification and core features of attention\, we show that attention markets\, while not always morally wrong\, carry special moral risks: because of how attention shapes beliefs and desires\, subjective experience and action\, they are prone to be disrespectful\, alienating\, and provide fertile grounds for domination. Our analysis calls for regulatory interventions.  \n4)   James Williams  \ntba   \n5)   Kjetil Rommetveit (UiB Bergen) \n“(How) Can you code rights and morality into digital infrastructures and AIs?”     \nIn 1980 philosopher of technology Langdon Winner famously asked ‘Do Artifacts Have Politics?’ This question was followed up by Latour’s (1994) and Verbeek’s (2008) analyses of technological mediation of morality. Whereas these questions were once provocative\, in recent AI regulations they have become part of official governance mechanisms. In this talk I present some novel approaches to governance in the EU through\, specifically the risk-based approach and the design-based approach. Situating these within a wider techno-regulatory imaginary\, I provide examples of how these instruments play out in practice. I end on some critical questions: what kind of politics do in-built morality have? And what implications can be discerned for critical publics?    \n6)   Alec Stubbs (UMass Boston)  \n“Generative AI and the Future of Work” \nThis talk intertwines André Gorz’s post-work philosophy with Herbert Marcuse’s critical theory to envision a democratized future in which generative AI serves the productive aims of society. The talk evaluates the pitfalls of generative AI in reshaping labor\, including the likelihood of technological unemployment\, downward pressure on wages\, and deskilling of workers. The discussion also evaluates the potential of generative AI in reshaping labor\, emphasizing the need for a demand for the reduction of the workweek in leftist politics and labor struggles. Central to the argument is Gorz’s imperative to redefine work’s role in a technologically advanced\, equitable society.   \n7)   Eugenia Stamboliev (Vienna) \n“Protesting the classification of emotions (affects) and its technological means”  \nTo critique affect technology\, we need to politicize emotionality and affectivity newly. Today\, we are witnessing the emergence of intrusive algorithmic technologies\, such as AI\, in our daily lives. These technologies\, designed to measure and control lives\, information\, and data\, are intended to nudge and influence our political moods and public sentiments as much as they are to measure expressions and emotions. In this talk\, I will discuss the history of two types of “affect technologies” (AT) and offer some criticism on their goals and applications. First\, ATs intended to measure and classify emotions and affection emerged from the cognitive turn in computer studies. While popular\, these ATs are normatively problematic and flawed\, but still influence the design and economic models underlying many recognition systems. Second\, ATs expected to drive\, manage\, and influence political beliefs and public moods are underlining architectures that do more than manage emotions via technological means\, but they are part of the devaluation of emotions through political campaigning. Protesting the shortcomings of ATs\, means calling into question both the normative and political agendas underlying affect technologies\, as well as offering new and positive approaches on affectivity that are beyond the scope of measurement and control\, but remain politically crucial for democratic protest while avoiding commercial and technical exploitation.   \n8)   James J. Hughes (UMass Boston & IEET) \n“Communication Technologies: Hegemonic\, Radicalizing and Democratic” \nBooks\, radio and television all transformed political mobilization\, by both elites and radicals. How different is the Internet\, social media and algorithmically driven communication? Are we more likely to form radical sub-communities\, each with its own reality (e.g. MAGA)? Can we envision democratic countervailing institutions emerging from the “commodification\, outrageification\, and gamification of protest” by platform companies? Will the algorithmic rules and required moderation included in the EU AI Act\, DMA and DSA reduce ideological hegemony\, improve collaboration and decrease toxicity in these environments?   \n9)   Paul Raekstad (Amsterdam) \n“Domination Without Dominators: The Impersonal Causes of Oppression” \nSocial movements of the last centuries have been naming and analyzing the complex forms of personal and impersonal domination that they fight to overcome. Yet current theories of domination have largely been unable to make sense of the latter. Theories of domination as being subject to the will\, or arbitrary power\, of another rule them out\, while extant theories of impersonal domination are often unsystematic or narrowly focused. My paper tries to remedy this by developing a systematic theory of impersonal domination\, distinguish some important types thereof\, and show why it matters for universal human emancipation.    \n10)  Christopher Senf (UiB Bergen) \n“Algorithmic Exploitation of Recognition” \ntba   \n11)  Maria Brincker (UMass Boston) \n“What kind of space is a ‘platform’ with its own goals?” \nHow are we to understand our political actions on surveillance and algorithm-driven for-profit platforms? Current social media platforms present users with possibilities of building vast networks and achieving massive\, fast reach to highly dispersed groups. Hence\, they present incredible opportunities for expanded agency\, organizing\, and information sharing. However\, these platform ecosystems also present users with highly unusual affordance spaces\, which might pose challenges to our agency. Proprietary algorithms\, vast data harvesting and camouflaged behavior modification tools are used to drive platform company interests – often conflicting with those of users. We engage in political movements to shape the future\, but how do our actions on these platforms in fact shape our future and our extra-situational spaces?   \n12)  Kade Crockford (ACLU & MIT) \n“All Politics is Local: Fighting Face Surveillance from the Ground Up in Massachusetts” \nIn 2019\, the ACLU of Massachusetts launched a campaign to bring democratic control over government use of facial surveillance technology. Over the following two years\, we passed eight bans on government use of face surveillance in cities and towns across the state\, including in Massachusetts’ four largest cities: Boston\, Cambridge\, Springfield\, and Worcester. We also passed a state law creating some regulations on police use of the technology statewide. During this talk\, campaign leader Kade Crockford will discuss how the ACLU’s campaigners dreamed big\, built a coalition\, and fought from the ground up to defeat the narrative of technological determinism\, and how you can do it\, too.
URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/bergen-boston-forum-2023-2024/
LOCATION:Philosophy Department of the University of Bergen\, Norway
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