Noticings 15: Defining AI
April at Careful Industries
This month, we’ve been chatting to a lot of people about what we actually mean when we talk about AI. So we decided to write a blog post about it. It’s also something we’re covering in our upcoming training sessions.
What we talk about when we talk about AI
One of the first things most AI researchers will tell you is that there is no single definition of Artificial Intelligence. Yet we are talking about technology every day. So, how do we make clear-eyed, honest decisions about AI when we can’t even define it?
Read more in our blog post about the etymology of Artificial Intelligence and how Careful Industries punctures the glossy, mythical hype bubbles.
Join our AI Impacts 101 Workshops
We have two more AI 101 Impact workshops coming up! During these 90 minute training sessions, we’ll move beyond the hype to share some of AI's environmental and social impacts.
We’ve found that these sessions have not only helped build up people’s knowledge of AI systems, but also begun to connect people across sectors who are facing similar struggles.
Society for Hopeful Technologists
Do you work in or with technology for work or as a hobby or interest? Do you want to join a body that acts in solidarity against the excesses of extractive platform capitalism?
Then fill out this survey by 21st May to help us build this movement!
Opportunities and Events
Join us for our third ‘Reading Group for Hopeful Technologists’ with Dan McQuillan, who will join us for a Q&A to discuss his book Resisting AI. Book your tickets for 9th May.
The goal of the 4D Digital Rights by Design call is to provide support for the development of initiatives focused on action in terms of digital commons and rights. Find out more and apply by 18th May 2025
On 8th May, LSE hosts ‘The power of data: ethics, politics and public interest’. They discuss important questions about the role of data science in understanding and shaping the public interest. Book your tickets for this hybrid lecture.
