Can creativity help us navigate life with AI? | Frauke Zeller | TEDxBerlin
The talk asks how we want to shape our life with intelligent technology by looking 10 years back into the story of hitchBOT, the first Canadian hitchhiking robot, and by discussing different ideas about people’s current relationship to/with AI.
The concept of Dialectical Intelligence is suggested to stress that we should think less in categories as ‘good’ or ‘bad’ AI and rather ask how people can create a new kind of understanding together with intelligent machines. Will we all talk like Siri or Alexa one day? And if so, how would this change our values and ideas?
Frauke is Chair and Professor in Design Informatics at Edinburgh College of Art, at The University of Edinburgh, and Co-Director of the Institute for Design Informatics. With expertise in human-computer interaction, human-robot interaction, AI, ethics, and digital methods, she brings a wealth of knowledge to the stage. Before moving to Scotland, she was an Associate Professor at Toronto Metropolitan University, The Creative School, in Canada, where she held multiple research-related positions, including director of the Centre for Communicating Knowledge and director of The Creative School Audience Lab.Frauke has been involved in numerous international research projects and has received research grants in Canada, Germany, and across the EU. She is also the co-creator of hitchBOT, Canada’s first hitchhiking robot , a project that captured worldwide attention and sparked conversations about robotics, AI, and human-technology interaction. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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