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SOLUBLE FISH presentsRussell Smith
Fear of science in the arts
Thursday, April 23, 7:30 PM
Arts and Letters Club 14 Elm Street
PWYC
Artificial intelligence is reviled in artistic and intellectual circles because it steals our published work for its training without compensating us, because it may replace artists and writers, and because it is linked with vast corporate power and environmental savagery. This has led to a puritanical approach that holds that any interaction with AI, of any kind, is unethical. But this emotional response is also inseparable from a natural fear of technology in progressive circles that is not always sensible.
Many artists are using AI in fascinating and creative ways. Should artists try to overcome their natural hostility to corporate power in order to see the creative future made possible by machine learning? Can fear of corporate hegemony be separated from fear of scientific research?
Russell Smith was the weekly arts columnist for the Globe and Mail for 20 years, and is known for his exploration of topics relating to culture and its expression, including the effects of technology. His most recent novel is Self Care.
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Arts & Letters Club of Toronto, 14 Elm Street,Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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