Join us on Monday, February 9, at 7:00 p.m (EST) at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre (290 Lisgar Street) for “The Place of AI in the City: Intelligent Machines and the Changing Shape of Social Relationships”
As our day-to-day interactions with AI become increasingly more frequent and complex, artificial systems are beginning to occupy roles that once belonged only to other humans. This panel explores what it means to relate to AI socially: whether social connections with artificial systems can be genuine, what might be missing if they are not, and how these interactions may reshape human expectations of companionship, care, and trust. Along the way, the discussion will situate these questions within a broader examination of what today’s AI systems can and cannot do, and what the future trajectory of AI might look like.
This panel discussion will feature Carleton faculty Dr. Mary Kelly and Dr. Jim Davies (Cognitive Science), Dr. Kathleen Fraser (University of Ottawa), and Dr. Ada Hoffmann (science fiction author). Dr. Ada Hoffmann’s latest book, Ignore All Previous Instructions, will be available for pre-order.
Dr. Josh Redstone Department of Philosophy, Carleton University
Dr. Josh Redstone (Department of Philosophy, Carleton University) will moderate the conversation.