Automatons Lecture Series

Automatons! From Ovid to AI is a King’s jointly-offered course in Contemporary Studies, Early Modern Studies and the History of Science and Technology. It is being presented as a public lecture series, and features guest speakers in a variety of fields of expertise.

• ‘What if those cute social robots just want your attention so they can sell you stuff?’, Mainstreet NS (January 16)
• ‘Ongoing public lecture series explores role of automatons in history, culture & the future.’ (January 21)
• ‘Dr. Simon Kow talks Asian robots and automaton lectures with Global TV.’ (March 7)
• ‘Noel Sharkey & Duncan MacIntosh square off over a future with robot weapons.’ (March 22)
• ‘What can we learn about AI from robots the Romans made 2000 years ago?’, Mainstreet NS (March 29)
• ‘From Frankenstein to Westworld — what fiction teaches us about our creations, our anxieties, and ourselves.’, Mainstreet NS (March 29)
• ‘Stopping killer robots before they get to us first’, The National (April 10)

Fritz Lang’s “Metropolis”

January 10, 2018, Alumni Hall, University of King’s College.

Imagining Automatons – Dr. Teresa Heffernan

January 17, 2018, Alumni Hall, University of King’s College.

Ancient Automatons – Courtney Ann Roby

January 25, 2018, Alumni Hall, University of King’s College.

Artificial Intelligence: Successes & Challenges – Dr. Stan Matwin and Dr. Teresa Heffernan

February 14, 2018, Alumni Hall, University of King’s College.

Imagined Puppet Life – Dr. Dawn Brandes

February 28, 2018, Alumni Hall, University of King’s College.

Asian Robots & Orientalism – Dr. Simon Kow

March 7, 2018, Alumni Hall, University of King’s College.

War in the Age of Intelligent Machines – Dr. Noel Sharkey and Dr. Duncan McIntosh

March 21, 2018, Scotiabank Auditorium, Saint Mary’s University.

Unmaking People: The Politics of Negation from Frankenstein to Westworld –  Dr. Despina Kakoudaki

March 29, 2018, Alumni Hall, University of King’s College.

Making Up Minds: Thinking With, About and For Humans – Dr. Stephanie Dick

April 4, 2018, Alumni Hall, University of King’s College.