Artificial Intelligence(AI) is very much in the news these days. While some of it is truly amazing, a lot of it is hype! To decode AI, we have a wide-ranging conversation with Dr. Luke Stark. The exchange revolves around the history and future of AI, facial recognition technology, questionable emotion recognition claims, and the ethical use and governance of AI. Interspersed with thought-provoking questions from the live audience, the session is a delight to listen for everyone interested to know more about AI.    

Guest Profile: Luke Stark is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Information and  Media Studies at the University of Western Ontario. His work  interrogates the historical, social, and ethical impacts of computing  and artificial intelligence technologies, particularly those mediating  social and emotional expression. His scholarship highlights the  asymmetries of power, access and justice that are emerging as these  systems are deployed in the world, and the social and political  challenges that technologists, policymakers, and the wider public face as a result.

Hosts: Prabhat Mishra & Mandira Narain