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

Program

Welcome and Introduction
9:00-9:15

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
9:15-11:00

Chair: Henri Stéphanou, 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

Sandra Laugier
What TV can teach AI

Coffee break
11:00-11:20 

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

Chair: Sandra Laugier, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

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

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

Lunch
12:30 13:30

Session 3. AI and the Transformation of Audiovisual Cultures
13:30-15:15

Chair: Sulgi Lee, Vienna Academy of Arts

Ruari Elkington (Queensland University of Technology (QUT))
Microdramas, Generative AI and the Changing Terms of Serial Television

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

Daniel Binns (RMIT University) 
Glitch in the Static: Tinkering with Television's Temporalities

Coffee break
15:15-15:35 

Keynote
15:35-16:40 

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

Roundtable. What Kind of Audiovisual Culture in the Age of AI?
16:45-17:45 

Chair: Vanessa Nurock (Université Côte d’Azur, IUF) 

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
17:45-18:15 

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
Maison de la philosophie
13 rue du Four, 75006 Paris
Grande salle, 2^e étage

Registration is free but compulsory. You may be asked to show proof of identity on arrival.