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SUMMARY:Chat GPT and Artificial Intelligence: implications for freedom
DESCRIPTION:London Freedom Forum \nGenerative AI like ChatGPT and Midjourney have captured the public imagination and barely a day now passes without claim and counter-claim as to benefits or threats posed by artificial intelligence. On the one side stand those who see in these new technologies as a means to liberate humanity through a new\, potentially boundless source of human creativity. Do we stand on the cusp of transforming education\, healthcare\, manufacturing\, artistic endeavours and more? On the other\, stand those who see AI as degrading science\, debasing ethics and denuding humans of agency. To what extent are we faced with a potential threat in the search for truth\, not to mention the risk of manipulation and censorship that place freedom of speech and other freedoms in peril? \nGiven all the hype\, what actually is generative technology? Given the potential risks and multiple claims on behalf of Chat GPT and generative technology\, is this technology overhyped or undervalued? Is creeping automation about to make workers obsolete? For example\, should journalists fear being replaced by machines now that some newspapers use AI to write articles? And what of the wider implications of this technology? Are we realising the potential for liberation\, or a threat to liberty? \nSPEAKER\nSandy Starr\, deputy director of the Progress Educational Trust \nRESPONDENTS\nTom Collyer\, researcher\, Ideas Matter\nElla Nixon\, art historian \nCHAIR\nJacob Reynolds\, convenor\, The Academy \nREGISTER \nThe event is free but registration is required. Please complete the form below. \nPlease enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.Name *FirstLastEmail *Submit
URL:https://livingfreedom.org.uk/event/chat-gpt-and-artificial-intelligence-implications-for-freedom
LOCATION:Ideas Matter Club\, 5-8 The Sanctuary\, London\, England\, SW1P 3JS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Freedom Forum
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SUMMARY:Why debating matters in an era of cancel culture
DESCRIPTION:This event is free\, but please register using the form below. \nThe rise of cancel culture has made many nervous about free expression and open debate. Even though academic freedom is a core value – and a legal duty – of universities\, many students – and even academics – report they self-censor; student societies often encounter problems in terms of inviting diverse speakers. \nIn one such example of the constraints on debate and free speech on campus\, last year\, Academy of Ideas director\, Claire Fox was invited to speak at Royal Holloway’s Debating Society. Yet an invite to talk about the importance of debate was then turned into a bureaucratic nightmare – with risk assessments\, safeguarding checks and other onerous procedures enforced by the students’ union. Eventually\, the students’ union successfully put the Society under pressure to cancel the event – ostensibly because Claire retweeted a clip of Ricky Gervais satirising the gender wars. \nIn this special Living Freedom University Salon at University of Cambridge\, Claire will give the talk on ‘why debating matters’ that was intended for Royal Holloway students. This is followed by a conversation with Omar Loubak\, a student and former organiser of the debating society at Royal Holloway. \nSPEAKERS\n\nClaire Fox\ndirector\, Academy of Ideas; independent peer\, House of Lords; author\, I STILL Find That Offensive! \nOmar Loubak\nDebating Society\, Royal Holloway University of London \nCHAIR\nJames Orr\nassociate professor of Philosophy of Religion\, University of Cambridge \nVENUE\nNewton Room\, The Pitt Building\, Trumpington Street\, Cambridge\, CB2 1RP\nREGISTER\nPlease enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.Name *FirstLastEmail *Submit
URL:https://livingfreedom.org.uk/event/why-debating-matters-in-an-era-of-cancel-culture-cambridge
LOCATION:Cambridge University – The Pitt Building\, Trumpington St\,\, Cambridge\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:University Salon
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