[Air-L] Don't Buy the AI Hype: Guest Talk with Paris Marx in Toronto

[Rafael Grohmann]

   For those folks who are around Toronto!
   October 2, 11AM, at University of Toronto, I'll host Paris Marx for a
   guest talk "Don’t buy the AI hype: Why the ChatGPT revolution is
   another tech fantasy". The talk will focus on critical studies of
   artificial intelligence, and the relationships between generative AI
   and corporate power.
   Paris Marx is a technology writer. They host [1]Tech Wont' Save Us, an
   award-winning critical technology podcast, and
   the [2]Disconnect newsletter. They published the book[3] Road to
   Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of
   Transportation (Verso). The y already published on TIME, Wired,
   Insider, NBC News, CBC News, Jacobin, among others. Their research
   interests are technology, cities, and the "future".
   The event is free, open and only in-person at University of Toronto
   Scarborough, room BV 260 (Bladen Wing) 1265 Military Trail Toronto, ON
   M1C 1A4.
   Register here:
   [4]https://clnx.utoronto.ca/home/utsceventaggregator.htm?eventId=58275
   (for UofT community)
   [5]https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/dont-buy-the-ai-hype-why-the-chatgpt-rev
   olution-is-another-tech-fantasy-tickets-722973833197?aff=oddtdtcreator
   (for external guests)
   This guest talk is co-organized by the department of Arts, Culture and
   Media (University of Toronto), Critical Digital Methods Institute and
   DigiLabour.
   Please spread the word!
   best regards,
   Rafael

   --

   dr. Rafael Grohmann

   Assistant Professor of Media Studies

   [6]Department of Arts, Culture and Media

   [7]Faculty of Information
   University of Toronto


   Leader, [8]DigiLabour

   Principal Investigator, [9]Fairwork[10] Brazil

   International Experts Coordinator, [11]Platform Work Inclusion Living
   Lab

References

   1. https://techwontsave.us/
   2. https://www.disconnect.blog/
   3. https://www.versobooks.com/en-ca/products/2795-road-to-nowhere
   4. https://clnx.utoronto.ca/home/utsceventaggregator.htm?eventId=58275
   5. https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/dont-buy-the-ai-hype-why-the-chatgpt-revolution-is-another-tech-fantasy-tickets-722973833197?aff=oddtdtcreator
   6. https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/acm/rafael-grohmann
   7. https://ischool.utoronto.ca/profile/rafael-grohmann/
   8. https://digilabour.com.br/
   9. https://fair.work/
  10. https://fair.work/
  11. https://pwill.eu/