Soviet Cyborgs and Chinese AI : A conversation
Date: 2024-11-8 (Fri)
Time: 9:00-11:00AM
Mode of event: Online (Zoom link will be provided upon request)
Registration: https://cuhk.zoom.us/……/tJcrdeGpqDsvEtP0m6N1hVfmjG……
Speakers:
Dr. Vladimir Lukin, Postdoctoral Research Associate at Duke University, specialist in soviet media history.
Prof. Xuenan Cao, Assistant Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, critical AI and media scholar.
Introduction:
Posthumanism and the figure of the cyborg are tied to the media history of the US. How would non-Western visions differ? The talk features two contributions, one on the Soviet Union and another on China, on the scientific developments that inform artificial intelligence today.
Co-organized by the M.A. in Intercultural Studies Programme, the Centre for Cultural Studies, and the Research Institute for the Humanities, the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Enquiry: zhuoyueli@cuhk.edu.hk