On Thursday, March 23 at 12:30 pm, the Socialist and Marxist Studies Speaker Series presents a talk by Gray Cox (Professor, College of the Atlantic) titled “From Smarter Planet to Wiser Earth: Re-Envisioning Relationships between AI Technologies, Human Society, and Natural World.”
(Zoom link: https://maine.zoom.us/j/3657262020)
Gray Cox, Professor, College of the Atlantic
How will Artificial Intelligence programs like ChatGPT transform the ways knowledge and belief are created and used to structure the economic, political, and technological systems that dominate our world? What are ways of making these systems empower and liberate people rather than exploit and oppress? How do we reframe traditional debates over Socialism and Capitalism towards a vision of Human Ecological Development. In this Zoom lecture, Gray Cox will introduce systematic answers to these challenges as developed in his new book: Smarter Planet or Wiser Earth? How Dialogue can Transform Artificial Intelligence into Collaborative Wisdom.
The Spring 2023 Socialist and Marxist Studies Series is sponsored by the Marxist and Socialist Studies Minor, co-sponsored by Maine Peace Action Comm. (MPAC) and Division of Student Affairs, with support of College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Dept. of Philosophy. Speakers do not necessarily present socialist or Marxist viewpoints. For additional information, contact Doug Allen at dallen@maine.edu.