Automatons Lectures 2018

Automatons! From Ovid to AI  

This lecture series, which ran from January 10th to April 24, 2018, was co-organized by Gord McOuat (King’s College) and Teresa Heffernan (Saint Mary’s University), with funding from King’s, Dalhousie and Saint Mary’s universities:

“Imagining Automatons,” Teresa Heffernan, Jan 17, 2018, U. of King’s College. Watch video.

“Ancient Automatons,” Courtney Ann Roby, Jan 25, 2018, U. of King’s College. Watch video.

“Artificial Intelligence: Successes & Challenges,” Feb 14, 2018, U. of King’s College. Part 1. Stan Matwin. Watch video. Part 2. Teresa Heffernan. Watch video.

“Imagined Puppet Life,” Dawn Brandes, Feb 28, 2018, U. of King’s College. Watch video.

“Asian Robots & Orientalism,” Simon Kow, Mar 7, 2018, U. of King’s College. Video unavailable.

“War in the Age of Intelligent Machines, Noel Sharkey and Dr. Duncan McIntosh, Mar 21, 2018, Saint Mary’s University. Video unavailable.

“Unmaking People: The Politics of Negation from Frankenstein to Westworld,” Despina Kakoudaki, Mar 29, 2018, U. of King’s College. Watch video.

“Making Up Minds: Thinking With, About and For Humans,” Stephanie Dick, Apr 4, 2018, U. of King’s College. Watch video.

For more information on this series click here.