Topics BAI 2012

 

  • Social and Cultural Discourse of AI (social and narrative construction of AI success, ethical challenges of AI, science fiction as social reality, AI as Imitatio Dei, cyborg myths)
  • Dystopic and Utopic Visions of AI (singularitarianism, posthumanism, march of the machines)
  • AI versus IA (intelligence amplification, AI-based cognitive enhancementbrain-computer interface, embodied cognitive science)
  • Digital Immortality (mind-uploading, whole brain emulation, natural mind in artificial body)
  • AI and Art (second life dreaming, aesthetics of computer-human contacts, cyberpunk art, machines as artists)