AI, Television, Creation and Ethics. France-Australia FASIC Workshop

Program

Welcome and Introduction
9:00-9:20

Pascal Marty (CNRS Representative in Australia)
CNRS in Australia

Sandra Laugier (ISJPS, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)
AI, Television, and Ethics: the FASIC TVAI Project

Session 1. AI, Screens and Forms of Experience
9:20-10:35

Chair: Sandra Laugier, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

Robert Sinnerbrink (Macquarie University) 
AI and Creativity: Some Critical Questions

Chris Danta (Australian National University)
Fables of Posthuman Care and Protection

Discussion

Coffee break
10:35-10:55 

Session 2. Algorithms as Curators: Recommendation, Discoverability and Cultural Diversity
10:55-12:25

Chair: Henri Stéphanou, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

Lê Nguyên Hoang (France Telecom) 
Towards Recommendation Systems that Meet Democratic Norms

Rémi Tereszkiewicz (BetaSeries) & Thibaut de Saint Maurice (ISJPS–EUPRAXIE) 
From Recommendation to Discoverability: The IDEIS Project

Lunch
12:30 14:00

Session 3. AI and the Transformation of Audiovisual Cultures
14:00-15:45

Chair: Sulgi Lee, Vienna Academy of Arts

Ruari Elkington (Queensland University of Technology (QUT))
Creative Industries, Professional Practices and AI

Stéphane Donikian (INRIA) 
The different ways in which AI impacts audiovisual content creation 

Daniel Binns (RMIT University) 
Reading the Static: Television Form Against the Algorithm

Coffee break
15:45-16:05 

Keynote
16:05-16:55 

James E. Katz (Boston University) 
AI, Media and Transformations of Human Communication

Roundtable. What Kind of Audiovisual Culture in the Age of AI?
17:00-17:45 

With all participants
What is AI really changing in creative practices? How are algorithms transforming what we see, learn, and discover? What are the consequences of these transformations for cultural diversity and democracy?

Conclusions and Next Steps
17:45-18:00 

Workshop conclusions and perspectives for the Franco-Australian network: publications, development of the research project, and preparation of future collaborative funding applications.

Workshop organised as part of the FASIC France-Australia project TVAI, by Campus France, ISJPS (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, chaire Paris 1 Données)

Practical information

Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
17 rue de la Sorbonne, 75005 Paris
Escalier C, 1^er étage, salle Cavaillès

Registration, which is open until 10.00 am on Thursday 5 November, is free but compulsory. You may be asked to show proof of identity on arrival.