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SUMMARY:Augmented Reality\, Artificial Intelligence\, and Re-Enchantment -
  Dr. Yaqub Chaudhary\, Cambridge Muslim College
DTSTART:20181029T120000Z
DTEND:20181029T133000Z
UID:TALK114094@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Tellef S. Raabe
DESCRIPTION:There has recently been a surge of development in augmented re
 ality (AR) technologies that has led to an ecosystem of hardware and softw
 are for AR\, which includes tools for artists and designers to accelerate 
 the design of AR content and experiences without requiring complex program
 ming. AR is therefore viewed as a key “disruptive technology” and futu
 re display technologies (such as digital eyewear) aim to provide seamless 
 continuity between reality and the digitally augmented. This paper will be
 gin with an overview of recent technological advances in virtual reality a
 nd augmented reality that have led to new hopes for the future of these te
 chnologies\, followed by discussion on philosophical and sociological enta
 ilments.\n\nFinally\, this paper will argue that enchantment has been a pe
 rsistent background throughout the formation of modernity and is being rek
 indled by the integration of AI in the plane of AR. The technologisation o
 f human perception and experience of reality\, coupled with the developmen
 t of AI based natural language assistants\, may therefore lead to a re-enc
 hantment of the world\, where human life becomes shaped by AR inhabited by
  advanced personal and social AI agents in the form of digital avatars and
  daemons.
LOCATION:17 Mill Lane\, Room E (2nd floor)
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