Since 2022, Georgetown University’s Representative Office in Rome and the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS, University of London) has organized a series of closed workshops around the theme “Chinese Perspectives on AI in Global Context: Towards a New Ethical Eco-System.”
The conversations bring together diverse scholars and
practitioners: AI engineers and experts in digital media and communications, philosophers and ethicists, and scholars of Chinese thought and civilization across disciplines. The aim is to bring Chinese perspectives on AI into the emergent global dialogue about its wider cultural, economic, and policy implications for humanity and its future.
Applications of artificial intelligence (AI) have become an integral part of our daily lives, transforming our workplace, the access and use of service facilities, and the delivery of education in…
This webinar brought together diverse scholars and practitioners to explore conceptual and practical frameworks for AI-human interaction, with a particular focus on Chinese perspectives. It concludes…
A fourth and final workshop in the series featured Fen Jennifer Lin, associate professor at the City University of Hong Kong. Lin addressed “The Role of Technology in Legitimating AI,” with a focus on…
The third workshop featured a presentation by the science fiction author Quifan Chen (Stanley Chan) on “Think Beyond: GPT as Method.” Chen shared his experience of co-writing a novel with available…
The second workshop began with a provocative presentation by Bhagya Samarakoon, a researcher in the Engineering Product Development program at Singapore University of Technology and Design. After her…
The first workshop was led by Stefania Travagnin, reader in Chinese Buddhism at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS, University of London), and Peter Herschock, director of the Asia…
