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Research & Community Engagement

UNCW Social Justice Symposium

Exploring Artificial Intelligence and Human Life

What are the social justice implications of artificial intelligence technologies?  Humanities scholars have argued AI power begins with understanding how modern bureaucratic structures sustain the racist, patriarchal, and monetary powers that shape social life.  We have already seen artificial intelligence increase the power of surveillance, often exacerbating existing inequalities.

 Could these future tools increase this control even further?

The Department of Sociology and Criminology’s Social Justice Symposium brings UNCW’s research on AI together with scholars from across the region to debate these questions. 

SOCIAL JUSTICE SYMPOSIUM

  • Department of Sociology and Criminology 
  • April 19th, 2024 at 1 pm
  • Kenan 1111 (Please note this is a new location)
  • Free and Open to the Campus and Public

Brunch reception with campus AI and Humanities scholars, featuring student posters

  • Keynote Speaker Eric Nost from the University of Guelph will address  how these tools expand our knowledge of climate change
  • UNCW scholars present original research
  • External Humanities scholars debate the implications of AI research for humanities’ biggest questions: How do we make our futures sustainable and equitable?
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