Event overview
Focusing on robotics, our third seminar will explore the significance of the materiality of the body in the relationship between biology, AI and embodied knowledge.
Rescheduled Date and Time: Tuesday 12 April, 2022
09:00 - 11.30 (London)
17:00 - 19:30 (Tokyo)
Some of the computer scientists involved in robotics, such as Rolf Pfeifer and Jose Bongard, are inspired by biology and emphasise the significance of physical systems (the body) to better understand ‘intelligence’. They explore ‘how having a body affects intelligence’. This perspective on ‘embodied intelligence’ could resonate to some degree with the interdisciplinary field of body studies which considers ‘how the body shapes the way we think’ (Pfeifer & Bongard) or what the body can do. Common to biological inspired robotics and body studies is the challenge to ‘cognitivism’ along with the rejection of neuroreductionism. Embodiment in social sciences often implies a process of acquisition of tacit knowledge and techniques, which are often required through repetitive training and experience. This is ‘embodied knowledge.’ Embodied knowledge is a crucial property not only for craftmanship, but also for producing artistic work, such as drawing. The coupling of artificial intelligence and art today, especially ‘algorithmic art’ is now a common production process, which brings about interesting challenges. One of the most fascinating examples of this trend is trying to transfer the ‘embodied knowledge’ of human artists into a machine, such as a robot. In this context, we can see the robot as a platform. We therefore need to consider the meaning and validity of ‘having a body’ in order to explore the ways robotics can give rise to an interplay between biology and technology in developing machines with artificial intelligence.
Speakers
Professor Fumiya Iida
Bio-Inspired Robotics Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Title: Bio-Inspired Soft Robotics and AI towards Embodied Intelligence
Professor Yukie Nagai
The International Research Center for Neurointelligence, the University of Tokyo
Title: Developmental Diversity in Drawing: Robots vs. Children
Professor Frederic Fol Leymarie
The Computing Department at Goldsmiths, University of London
Title: AIM: Art.Intelligence.Machine
Discussant
Professor and design engineer Shunji Yamanaka
Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies/Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo
Convened and Chaired by
Dr. Tomoko Tamari (Institute for Creative & Cultural Entrepreneurship, Goldsmiths, University of London)
• This is a free event. please register via Eventbrite (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-seminar-ai-and-society-robotics-and-embodiment-tickets-237223520937)
• The seminar will be recorded and shared online at a later date.
• Full programme details is now available on AI and Society Series: https://www.tomokotamari.com/blog/ai-society-series-robotics-and-embodiment
Tomoko Tamari
Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship
Goldsmiths, University of London
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Apr 2022 | 9:00am - 11:30am |
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