Jan
26

The Robot in the Mirror

It’s easy to think that artificial intelligence must, by definition, be objective. Robots don’t have emotion; they operate according to computer programming and mathematical calculations. But artificial intelligence is created by human intelligence. Is AI carrying our very human prejudices and biases into the future? In this episode of Sidedoor, we step into the Smithsonian’s FUTURES exhibition to meet a very special robot who asks us to consider: Whose image will be reflected in the future of AI?

Guests

Stephanie Dinkins, transdisciplinary artist and professor at Stony Brook University

Ashley Molese, a curator of the Smithsonian’s FUTURES exhibition

  • Social media: @smithsonianAIB, #TheFUTURES

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Posted: 26 January 2022
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Jessica Sadeq has worked in the Central Office of Public Affairs since June 2007. She is the Marketing Manager for the Office of Communications and External Affairs.