Workshop #3: “Resisting the AI Hype”

This workshop examines how to resist the accelerating hype around AI by scrutinising its narratives, imaginaries, and political functions, drawing on critical perspectives from different disciplines. With contributions from Katja Rogers, Alva Markelius and David Danks, it offers an empirically informed and analytically grounded space to disentangle inflated promises and projections from the real social and political stakes of contemporary AI.

12-12.30pm: Beginning & Introduction, Initial Discussion “Why is AI Hype philosophically relevant?”

12.30-1.15pm: Alva Markelius (Cambridge University): The mechanisms of AI hype and its planetary and social costs

10min break

1.25-2.10pm: Katja Rogers (University of Amsterdam)  Emphasizing Deliberation and Critical Thinking in an AI Hype World

10min break

2.20-3pm: David Danks (University of Virginia): Tackling AI Hyping

3-3.45pm: Shared Discussion and Looking Ahead