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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/arts-ai/events/ai-opportunity-risk-and-choices-ahe
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LOCATION:Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) Auditorium\,
  Waterloo 67 Erb Street West Waterloo ON N2L 6C2 Canada
SUMMARY:AI: Opportunity\, Risk and the Choices Ahead
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Experts discuss AI’s capabilities\, limitations\, security ri
 sks and\nsafeguards\, exploring responsible use through presentations\, a 
 panel\nand audience Q&A. Topics include AI alignment\, technical protectio
 ns\,\npublic policy\, geopolitics and the boundaries needed for safe AI\nd
 eployment.
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/arts-ai/events/energy-efficient-ai-why-brains-use-
 much-less-power-ai-and
LOCATION:RCH - J.R. Coutts Engineering Lecture Hall 200 University Ave West
  Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:Energy-Efficient AI: Why brains use much less power than AI\, and h
 ow\nthis might help us improve current AI
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Associate Research Officer Terry Stewart explores why brains ar
 e far\nmore energy-efficient than AI systems\, highlighting differences in
  how\nthey process information. It examines how brain-inspired algorithms\
 nand neuromorphic hardware could make AI more efficient by mimicking\nhow 
 the brain represents time and space.
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/arts-ai/events/public-talk-building-ourselves-incl
 uding-human-aging-age-ai
LOCATION:PSE - Pearl Sullivan Engineering Building\, Faculty Hall\, 7th Flo
 or 200 University Ave West Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:Public Talk: Building for Ourselves: Including Human Aging in the A
 ge\nof AI
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Jennifer Boger challenges us to consider a population that 
 AI\noften overlooks: older adults. Through practical examples and\ncand
 id discussion\, Jennifer will highlight why inclusive design is no\nlonger
  optional but essential as AI becomes increasingly embedded in\nour daily 
 lives. 
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/arts-ai/events/public-talk-painted-pony-called-ai
LOCATION:PSE - Pearl Sullivan Engineering Building\, Faculty Hall\, 7th Flo
 or 200 University Ave West Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:Public Talk: A Painted Pony Called AI
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Caroline Running Wolf draws on the historical introduction 
 of the\nhorse to Indigenous communities as a powerful metaphor for the fut
 ure\nof artificial intelligence. This talk offers a compelling perspectiv
 e\non AI governance\, cultural preservation\, and the importance of\ncommu
 nity-led innovation. 
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/arts-ai/events/ai-ruins-industry-and-inquiry-and-a
 fter-bubble
LOCATION:EV1408 - Environment 1 200 University Ave West Waterloo ON N2L 3G1
  Canada
SUMMARY:AI Before the Ruins: Industry and Inquiry Before and After the Bubb
 le
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:How should we study something like \"AI\"—a subject of social
  and\ncapital investment that rests more on speculative promises than give
 n\ntechnologies or use cases? Drawing on political economic analyses of\nt
 he tech sector\, as well as a broader set of speculative fabulation\npract
 ices by fellow data centre scholars\, the talk will place AI in\nthe past 
 tense in order to assess both what it was and what it can\nbecome.
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/arts-ai/events/whats-matter-sycophancy-pathologizi
 ng-channel-maintenance
SUMMARY:What’s the Matter with Sycophancy? Pathologizing Channel Maintena
 nce\nfor Chatbots and Humans
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, Handman argues that sycophancy is both a poor d
 iagnosis\nof what chatbots do and also a pathologization of everyday\ninte
 ractional routines among humans.
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/arts-ai/events/last-best-place-internet-wikipedias
 -role-ai-world
LOCATION:MC - Mathematics & Computer Building\, room 2065 and online 200 Un
 iversity Avenue West Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:The Last Best Place on the Internet: Wikipedia's Role in an AI Worl
 d
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Wikipedia has long been a major reference resource for many. Wi
 th more\nand more people utilizing AI summaries and large language models 
 like\nChatGPT\, where does Wikipedia fit in? This talk will explore\nWikip
 edia's current place in the digital landscape as well as its\nrelationship
  with automation and LLMs.
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