Human Futures

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Human Futures

A research programme at the Faculty of Arts

ABOUT

Human futures is a research programme at the Faculty of Arts, Aarhus University. We facilitate research between disciplines concerned with the historical and contemporary changes technology can induce on human existence in three distinct areas that call for interdisciplinary collaboration:

  • Technological influences on the human body ranging from gene editing, new medicines and artificial organs to man-machine integration
  • Changes in the human environment in the form of robotics, artificial intelligence and information technologies
  • Representations in popular culture, art, literature and philosophy of imagined human futures.
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EVENTS

Roundtable with Sheila Jasanoff

2 Jun
Thursday 2 June 2022, at 13:00 Room 120 in building 5347 (the Wiener building, AU)

Sheila Jasanoff, Harvard University and a recent winner of the Holberg prize, is visiting Aarhus on June 2-3. Human Futures is delighted that we can…

Conference: AI and the Humanities

6 Sep
2 days, Tuesday 6 September 2022, at 09:00 - 7 September

Coming Human Futures conference: 'AI and the Humanities - Emergent fields, critical perspectives, ethical implications'.

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PAST EVENTS

Workshop: Automated Writing

29 Mar
Tuesday 29 March 2022, at 09:00 Langelandsgade 139 (building: 1586-114) or online.

Automation plays an increasing role in text production. Its impact is felt in translation and news media, as well as in the rise of grammar assistants…

Posthumanist Learning: from relations to processes of relations

16 Dec
Thursday 16 December 2021, at 13:00 AU Campus Emdrup: Building 7220, room D170. AU Campus Aarhus: Building 1443, room 240 (via video link).

Seminar on Posthumanist Learning: from relations to processes of relations.

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Responsible AI: Virginia Dignum Virginia Dignum, Professor of Computing Science, University of Umeå, visited Human Futures for a lecture on Responsible AI on February 25. Dignum addressed the ethical implications of artificial intelligence and raised questions about the moral values and decisions behind the behavior of artificial autonomous systems. .

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