40 min
Amelia Winger-Bearskin - Using Empathy to Create Responsible Technology Conversations on Applied AI
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The conversation this week is with Amelia Winger-Bearskin. Amelia innovates with artificial intelligence in ways that make a positive impact on our community and the environment. She's a Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Chair and Associate Professor of Artificial Intelligence and the Arts at the Digital Worlds Institute at the University of Florida. She's a 2019-2020 Mozilla Foundation Open Web Fellow in partnership with MIT Open Doc Lab, and MIT's Co-Creation Studio working on ethics and values-driven software development toolkit, among many other accomplishments. In 2019. She was an invited presenter to His Holiness Dalai Lama's world headquarters for the summit on fostering universal ethics and compassion. In 2018, she was awarded a MacArthur and Sundance Institute fellowship for her 360 Video immersive installation in collaboration with the artist Wendy Red Star. She holds a bachelor's degree in art and visual technologies from George Mason University, a master's degree in transmedia from the University of Texas at Austin, and MPS and ITP from New York University.
If you are interested in learning about how AI is being applied across multiple industries, be sure to join us at a future AppliedAI Monthly meetup and help support us so we can make future Emerging Technologies North non-profit events!
Emerging Technologies NorthAppliedAI MeetupResources and Topics Mentioned in this Episode
StudioAmelia.comDigital Worlds InstituteMIT Open Doc LabMIT's Co-Creation StudioWendy Red StarSeneca-Cayuga NationEastman School of MusicA Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the FutureEthical SourceAlphaGoBroad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the InternetBraiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of PlantsStack OverflowNo-Funding.comEnjoy!
Your host,
Justin Grammens
The conversation this week is with Amelia Winger-Bearskin. Amelia innovates with artificial intelligence in ways that make a positive impact on our community and the environment. She's a Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Chair and Associate Professor of Artificial Intelligence and the Arts at the Digital Worlds Institute at the University of Florida. She's a 2019-2020 Mozilla Foundation Open Web Fellow in partnership with MIT Open Doc Lab, and MIT's Co-Creation Studio working on ethics and values-driven software development toolkit, among many other accomplishments. In 2019. She was an invited presenter to His Holiness Dalai Lama's world headquarters for the summit on fostering universal ethics and compassion. In 2018, she was awarded a MacArthur and Sundance Institute fellowship for her 360 Video immersive installation in collaboration with the artist Wendy Red Star. She holds a bachelor's degree in art and visual technologies from George Mason University, a master's degree in transmedia from the University of Texas at Austin, and MPS and ITP from New York University.
If you are interested in learning about how AI is being applied across multiple industries, be sure to join us at a future AppliedAI Monthly meetup and help support us so we can make future Emerging Technologies North non-profit events!
Emerging Technologies NorthAppliedAI MeetupResources and Topics Mentioned in this Episode
StudioAmelia.comDigital Worlds InstituteMIT Open Doc LabMIT's Co-Creation StudioWendy Red StarSeneca-Cayuga NationEastman School of MusicA Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the FutureEthical SourceAlphaGoBroad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the InternetBraiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of PlantsStack OverflowNo-Funding.comEnjoy!
Your host,
Justin Grammens
40 min