ITA | ENG
Stagione Alternativa 2019/2020
Research Observatory: Jobless Society Platform
In association with
INDL European Network on Digital Labour
NEXA Center for Internet & Society
ISRF Independent Social Research Foundation
The sessions will be held entirely in English
Job erosion, biased recruitment algorithms, safety risks: today many are drawing attention to the consequences of artificial intelligence on the job market. But what are the material conditions of AI production? Who are the multitudes of precarious workers generating data and operating algorithms? What are the geographical areas and the social scope of the work required to produce intelligent technologies? In what way do beliefs, cultures and values of those who design and implement artificial intelligence solutions influence the use of these technologies?
The conference Unboxing AI seeks to open the black box of artificial intelligence to allow the hidden, neglected or hushed-up aspects of the technological revolution to emerge.
Curated by and with Antonio Casilli, Télécom Paris, Elinor Wahal, ENS Paris-Saclay, Paola Tubaro, Inria
Programme
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Thursday November 5th, 2020
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3.00 pm – Opening keynote
Janine Berg (ILO) – Automation and Artificial Intelligence at work
4.00 pm
Andrea Miconi (IULM) – Digital Surplus. From Marx to the web
5.00 pm
Nick Couldry (LSE) & Ulises A. Mejias (SUNY) – Data colonialism. Big data and contemporary subjectivity
6.00 pm
Phoebe Moore (Leicester) – Who makes Artificial Intelligence: AI trainers behind the dream
Chair
Ivana Pais (Università Cattolica, Milan)
Friday November 6th, 2020
3.00 pm
Leopoldina Fortunati (University of Udine) – Mediating the human body in AI creation
4.00 pm
Alessandro Delfanti (University of Toronto) – Boxing AI at Amazon fulfillment centres
5.00 pm
Baruch Gottlieb (University of Arts, Berlin) – Digital materialism. A materialist understanding of digital technologies
Chair
Antonio Santangelo (University of Turin)
6.00 pm – Closing keynote
Jeremias Adams-Prassl (Oxford) – Automating HR: new liabilities, new worker protections
Saturday November 7th, 2020
3.00 pm PhD Symposium Session 1
Vicky Kluzik (Goethe University Frankfurt) – Seeing like a platform
Kai-Hsin Hung (HEC Montreal) – Data workers in India
Idil Galip (U.niversity of Edinburgh) – Digital patronage
Discussant
Juan Carlos De Martin (Polytechnic University of Turin)
4.30 pm – In conversation with
Sarah T. Roberts (UCLA) – Moderating Internet in a Pandemic
5.30PM – PhD Symposium Session 2
Lou Brandner (University of Rome La Sapienza) – Freelance Creative Labour
Saverio Minardi (University of Trento) – Labor replacing technologies and labor market inequalities
Jonathan Gruber (University of Zurich) – Skills for being aware of algorithms
Discussant
Andrea Fumagalli (University of Pavia)
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