Abstract

This is a talk organised as a joint event between the Cambridge AI Ethics Society and the Cambridge Science Fiction Society. We are thrilled to be hosting Dr. McInerney and Dr. Drage (from The Good Robot Podcast) who are ready to take you on a thrilling ride as they unravel the impact of sci-fi stories on AI development. Get ready to explore the nexus of AI, ethics, and storytelling through the lens of feminism, planetary humanism and global imaginaries.

Dr Kerry McInerney (née Mackereth) is a Research Fellow at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, where she researches anti-Asian racism and AI and Asian diasporic approaches to AI ethics. Her work uses feminist and critical race theory to examine how histories of race and gender shape contemporary technologies, with a specific focus on artificial intelligence.

Dr Eleanor Drage is a Research Fellow at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence at the University of Cambridge, she maintains her strong interest in commercial concerns and opportunities in AI by working to bridge the gap between industry in academia in AI Ethics. Her monograph “The Planetary Humanism of European Women’s SF: An Experience of the Impossible” is forthcoming with Routledge (2023).

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