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SUMMARY:Girls Sc(AI)ence 6: Cognizing Subjects: Our Human Futures with Our 
 Nonhuman Symbionts
DESCRIPTION:Contact: valentina.fantasia@lucs.lu.se\n\nAn online lecture in 
 the serie Girls Just Want To Have Sc(AI)ence.Topic: Cognizing Subjects: Ou
 r Human Futures with Our Nonhuman SymbiontsInvited speaker: N. Katherine H
 ayles\, N. Katherine Hayles Distinguished Research Professor at the Univer
 sity of California\, Los Angeles\, and the James B. Duke Professor Emerita
  from Duke University.When: 9 December 2025\, 16.00 to 17.00 CETWhere: onl
 ine - link by registrationAbstractAmong the practices driving the planet t
 oward ecological collapse is anthropocentrism\, the belief that Homo sapie
 ns is the species superior to all others. &nbsp\;Such ideas find support i
 n the notion that humans are cognitively the most advanced. &nbsp\;Crucial
  to bringing sanity\, sustainability and ecological balance back\, then\, 
 is a reassessment of cognition. The Integrated Cognitive Framework (ICF) p
 roposes a relational definition of cognition as a process that interprets 
 information in contexts that connect it to meaning. &nbsp\;This definition
  opens cognitive practices as well as meaning-making to nonhuman lifeforms
  and to AIs such as Large Language Models . In developed societies\, most 
 of the work is performed by cognitive assemblages\, collectivities of huma
 ns\, nonhumans and computational media through which information\, interpr
 etations\, and decisions flow.The broader context within which ICF operate
 s is ecological relationality. Its implications are explored through case 
 studies\, including the cognitive capacities of microorganisms. &nbsp\;The
  cognitive capabilities of computational media are explored through analys
 es of the architectures and textual productions of Large Language Models\,
  specifically OpenAI’s Transformer models. Replacing liberal political p
 hilosophy with ecological relationality enables us to take responsibility 
 without at the same time reinscribing human dominance\, and for embracing 
 &nbsp\;choices that will lead to flourishing futures for humans and nonhum
 ans. &nbsp\;&nbsp\;RegistrationTo participate is free of charge.&nbsp\;Reg
 istration for online lecture or for both lecture and workshop on-site in L
 und at ai.lu.se.About the workshop seriesWhile feminist approaches to tech
 noscience are getting increasing attention\, fields such as Artificial Int
 elligence\, Human-Robot Interaction and Human-Computer Interaction are sti
 ll male-dominated. Similarly\, new technologies\, from assistive robots to
  chatbots\, are often imbued with the same intrinsic gender and ethnic ste
 reotypes and biases present in our Western society. An increasing number o
 f scholars have thus called for a feminist reboot\, praising more ethical\
 , sustainable and inclusive research practices and epistemologies in the h
 ope of better technology. Our workshop series "Girls just want to have Sc(
 AI)ence" aims to foster knowledge and discussions on critical and feminist
  approaches to technology by engaging scholars working with AI from a vari
 ety of disciplines -from data science to art\, political studies and philo
 sophy\, and invite them to reflect and imagine together how to use tools a
 nd theories from critical and feminist studies to implement more thcial\, 
 sustainable and inclusive technology-related practices and research.More i
 nfo can be found here: https://www.ai.lu.se/GIRLSCAIENCE&nbsp\;This event 
 is sponsored by WASP HS and Lund university profile area Natural and Artif
 icial Cognition\n\nMore information about the event: https://www.ai.lu.se/
 evenemang/girls-scaience-6-cognizing-subjects-our-human-futures-our-nonhum
 an-symbionts
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LOCATION:Online - link by registration
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