Welcome to this seminar with Cambridge-trained sociologist Anthony Elliot, the author of The Culture of AI: Everyday Life and the Digital Revolution (2019). In this book, Elliott argues that the AI revolution is not so much about cyborgs and super-robots in the future, but rather massive changes in the here-and-now of everyday life.
In this seminar, Elliot will give two keynote lectures that will be commented by Christian Fiesler and Atle Midttun.
Programme
13:00 - Welcome and introduction by Nina Witoszek
Keynote lecture by Anthony Elliot
Outcomes, Opportunities and Obstructions of the Digital Revolution
Comment by Christian Fiesler
Moral Talk and the Digital Transformation’s Quest for Legitimacy
Discussion
Break
14:30 - Keynote II by Anthony Elliot
Automated Futures: Work and Employment After Amazon
Comment by Atle Midttun
AI and the Nordic/Norwegian Work Life Model
Discussion
About the speakers
Anthony Elliott is Professor and Executive Director of Hawke EU Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence and Network at the University of South Australia, and visiting professor at Université Panthéon-Assas Paris II. His latest publications include The Culture of AI: Everyday Life and the Digital Revolution.
Nina Witoszek is Senior Research Fellow and director of the Arne Næss Programme on Global Justice and the Environment, Center for Development and the Environment, Oslo University.
Christian Fiesler is Professor at The Department of Communication and Culture, and founding director of the Nordic Centre for Internet and Society.
Atle Midttun is Professor at The Department of Law and Governance at BI Norwegian Business School, and former director of its Centre for Corporate Responsibility