International conference « AI: The View from Nowhere »
Centre Numérique d’Innovation Sociale of Paris 8 University
May 11-12, 2023
Program
This international symposium is organized with the support of UNESCO EVA Chair (Ethics of the Living and the Artificial) held by Vanessa Nurock, CRHI, Université Côté d’Azur. It is co-organized by Arnaud Regnauld, TransCrit, and Pierre Cassou-Noguès, LLCP, Paris 8 University
Contact: Valentine Bailly <Valentine.BAILLY
Visual artist Louise Drulhe will be sketching the presentations throughout the conference.
Thursday, May 11, (2-6.35 PM)
Welcome and Presentation (2-2.15)
1/ The View from Philosophy of Science and Technology (2.15-3.15)
Chair: James Katz
The Turing Test as a View From Somewhere – Juliet Floyd (Boston University).
The Political “Context” of AI: from Formal to Modular – Armen Khatchtourov (Gustave Eiffel University).
2/ The View from Politics (3.15-4.15)
Chair: Vanessa Nurock
The Cozy Nowhere – Where Panoptism is Headed – Jan Soeffner (Zeppelin University).
The Eye of God – Alban Leveau-Vallier (LLCP, Paris 8 University).
Coffee Break : (4.15-4.45)
3/ The View from Artistic Theory and Practice (4.45-6.15)
Chair: Jan Soeffner
Do I know you from somewhere? – Arnaud Regnauld (TransCrit, Paris 8 University).
“Veille infinie” by Donatien Aubert (independent artist).
“ Living in AI ” by Pierre Cassou-Noguès (LLCP, University Paris 8 ) and Gwenola Wagon (AIAC, University Paris 8).
Friday May 12 (10 AM-6 PM)
4/ The View from Ethics (10.00-11.15)
Chair: Sandra Laugier (Paris 1)
Nowheres – Piergiorgio Donatelli (Sapienza University).
From the View from Nowhere to the Artificialistic Fallacy … and Back (to the View of Nobody) – Vanessa Nurock (CRHI, Côte d’Azur University).
5/ The View from Relativism
Chair: Pierre Cassou-Noguès
Seeing with AI: Algorithms as Techno-Normative Prisms – Peggy Touvet (UTT / ENS).
Perspectivism without Perspective? The Idea of “a Point of View from Nowhere” – Stéphane Cormier (Toulouse Jean-Jaurès Univeristy).
1.00-3.00 Lunch break
6/ The View from Chat GPT (3.15-4.45)
Chair: Juliet Floyd
Who’s There? The Voice of Large Language Models – Alexandre Gefen (CNRS).
Epistemology in the Symbolic Positioning of Large Language Models (LLMs) – James Katz (Boston University).
4.45-5:45
Chair: Arnaud Regnauld
Screening and discussion of La_Mue_version_0.7 (a work in progress), a film by Judith Deschamps (TransCrit/ArTeC, Paris 8 – LISN/CNRS)
Respondent: Anne Alombert (LLCP – University Paris 8).
6.00: Farewell and Perspectives
The Symposium will take place at the Centre Numérique d’Innovation Sociale of Paris 8 University.
Address: 14 rue Waldeck Rochet, 93300 Aubervilliers.
Metro: “Front Populaire,” line 12.
Train (RER), “La plaine- Stade de France,” line B.