AI-Café presents: AI and the Future of Work

December 15th, 2022 (from 2 PM to 3PM CET)

Description of the Talk:

Throughout the years, automation has been expanding and improving, with emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics expected to impact almost all types of work, even those that are knowledge-based or those that require curiosity and creativity. As a result, speculations about the ‘end of work’ are at the forefront of the public discourse. Media headlines portend that a robot apocalypse will ‘steal’, ‘kill’ or ‘destroy’ jobs, that AI and robots are ‘coming’ for our jobs and those of our children, that AI might be a ‘jobs killer’, that our AI bosses will make us work hard, and so on.

Despite its increasing (and often sensationalist) presence in popular and academic literature, though, automation as such is not a recent phenomenon. This session will offer an overview of the debate surrounding AI-driven automation and the future of work. What, if anything, makes this wave of intelligent automation different? How likely is it that human work becomes obsolete? Most importantly, is this a welcome scenario and why?

Speaker:

Anastasia Siapka

(KU Leuven’s Centre for IT & IP Law (CiTiP))

Speaker's short bio:

Anastasia Siapka is an FWO PhD Fellow for fundamental research at KU Leuven’s Centre for IT & IP Law (CiTiP). Her doctoral research, supervised by Professor Anton Vedder, evaluates the AI-driven automation of work from a neo-Aristotelian perspective. In her former capacity as a Research Associate at CiTiP, Anastasia has carried out ethical and legal research on emerging technologies in the context of H2020-funded projects. Her interests lie primarily in the philosophy of work and leisure, AI law and ethics, and Aristotelian ethics.

AI-Café Team

Carmen Mac Williams Organizer, and Moderator of the AI-Cafe. She is the Director of the company Grassroots Arts, and a partner in the European AI4media project.

Emma, co-organiser and co-moderator of the AI-Cafés. Research Assistant at Grassroots Arts.

This Café is organized by Grassroots Arts. If you have questions about the organisation of this AI-Café or if you want to become a Speaker yourself in one of the next Web Cafe Sessions, please contact carmen@grassroots-arts.eu.

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