Talks/Presentations
— Video
The Big Thinking public panel on the social implications of AI, held at the Halifax Public Library on November 14, was a lively and well attended event. The discussants included Teresa Heffernan, Ian Kerr, Fuyuki Kurasawa and Duncan MacIntosh, with Howard Ramos (Dalhousie) as moderator. A video recording of the event is now available.
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Events
You are invited to join Teresa Heffernan (Saint Mary’s University), Ian Kerr (U of Ottawa), Fuyuki Kurasawa (York U) and Duncan MacIntosh (Dalhousie) for a panel discussion on “the potential social impacts of artificial intelligence and the role humanities and social sciences will play in identifying the legal, ethical and policy issues we should start considering today.”
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Discussion
By Bryn Shaffer
This March, Saint Mary’s University played host to an engaging and heated debate on the use of autonomous weapons of war, as part of the Automaton! From Ovid to AI public lecture series. The debate, video of which is available at CBC News, was between acclaimed BBC commentator and activist Dr. Noel Sharkey, and Dalhousie philosophy professor Dr. Duncan MacIntosh. It was moderated by Dalhousie professor of philosophy Dr. Letitia Meynell.
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Events
Killer robots. Slaughterbots. Lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS). How are they changing international norms of warfare, peace and security? What does it mean for us? How concerned should we be? These questions are the subject of a debate between Dr. Noel Sharkey, Chair of the International Committee for Robot Arms Control, and Dr. Duncan MacIntosh, professor of philosophy at Dalhousie University.
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