{"id":1639,"date":"2022-09-27T11:06:19","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T02:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baiforum.jp\/en\/?p=1639"},"modified":"2022-10-20T15:32:23","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T06:32:23","slug":"en034","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baiforum.jp\/en\/events\/en034\/","title":{"rendered":"The 6th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022
\u201cWho is Ema<\/em>?: Examining Representations of Race and Gender through Virtual Bodies Generated by AI\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u25c7<\/strong>BAIRAL<\/strong>\uff08<\/strong>B\u2019AI RA League<\/strong>\uff09<\/strong><\/p>\n

BAIRAL<\/a> (B\u2019AI RA League) is a study group by young research assistants (RA) of the B\u2019AI Global Forum of the Institute for AI and Beyond at the University of Tokyo. Aiming to achieve gender equality and a guarantee of rights for minorities in the AI era, this study group examines relationships between digital information technology and society. BAIRAL organizes monthly research meetings with guest speakers in a variety of fields.<\/p>\n

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\u25c7<\/strong>Date & Venue<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u30fbDate: Tuesday, October 18, 2022, 18:00-19:30 (JST)<\/p>\n

\u30fbVenue: Zoom Meeting\uff08No registration required\uff09<\/p>\n

\u30fbLanguage: English<\/p>\n

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\u25c7<\/strong>Guest Speaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hanako Lowry<\/p>\n

(MA student, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, the University of Tokyo; Graduate Student Member<\/a>, B\u2019AI Global Forum)<\/p>\n

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\u25c7<\/strong>Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hanako Lowry is a graduate student member of B\u2019AI Global Forum and is currently studying at the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, University of Tokyo.<\/p>\n

She will discuss the possibilities of using AI as part of art-based methods to examine representations of race and gender through an introduction to her ongoing project, ema<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Featuring virtual bodies generated by AI trained on existing representations from our media landscape, ema<\/em> employs AI in a speculative framework to consider how bias shapes how bodies are represented and designed and how this may escalate amid uncritical use of emerging technologies.<\/p>\n

The discussion will cover the background to the project, the design process, conceptual challenges and a preview of the finished product. ema<\/em> is due to be exhibited at this year\u2019s iii exhibition at the University of Tokyo in November.<\/p>\n

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\u25c7<\/strong>Organizer<\/strong><\/p>\n

B\u2019AI Global Forum, Institute for AI and Beyond at the University of Tokyo<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u25c7<\/strong>Inquiry<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nozomi Ohtsuki (PhD Student, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, the University of Tokyo)<\/p>\n

ohtsuki6nozomi[at]g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp (Please change [at] to @)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u25c7BAIRAL\uff08B\u2019AI RA League\uff09 BAIRAL (B\u2019AI RA League) is<\/p>\n

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