AI Narratives in India - Event Recordings
introduction
Welcome to the workshop
Patrick French, Dean of School of Arts and Sciences at Ahmedabad University
Huw Price, Academic Director of the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence; Professor of philosophy, Trinity College, University of Cambridge
Introduction to Ahmedabad University and AI in India
Pankaj Chandra, Vice Chancellor, Ahmedabad University
What is CFI and the Global AI Narratives Project?
Kanta Dihal, Senior Research Fellow, Project Lead on Global Narratives, Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, University of Cambridge.
panel 1
AI in Indian Science Fiction and Imagination
Panel 2
History and Philosophy of AI in India
Moderator: Kanta Dihal
Speaker 1: Samit Basu, Author of Gameworld Trilogy
Speaker 2: Divya B, Author of Machinehood (pre-recorded conversation)
Speaker 3: Tanuj Solanki, Author of The Machine is Learning
Moderator: Stephen Cave, Executive Director of the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence
Speaker 1: Arun Sukumar, PhD Candidate, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Speaker 2: Noopur Raval, postdoctoral researcher, AINow Institute, New York University
Speaker 3: Daud Ali, associate professor, South Asian Studies Department, University of Pennsylvania
Panel 3
Conceptual Perspectives on UIDAI and Aadhaar
Panel 4
Responses to AI and Science Fact-Fiction in Hindi, Bengali, and Malayalam Literature
Moderator: Patrick French, Dean of School of Arts and Sciences
Speaker 1: Srikanth Nadhamuni, CEO, Khosla Labs
Speaker 2: Chinmayi Arun, resident fellow of the Information Society Project, Yale Law School
Speaker 3: Ram Sewak Sharma, CEO, National Health Authority; former Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
Moderator: Tejaswini Niranjana, Department Head, Department of Cultural Studies, Lingnan University, Hong Kong; Visiting Professor, Ahmedabad University
Speaker 1: Manoj Kumar Pandey, Author of Badalta Hua Desh: Swarndesh Ki Lok Kathayen
Speaker 2: Shiju Sam Varughese, Assistant professor, Centre for Studies in Science, Technology and Innovation Policy in the School of Social Sciences, Central University of Gujarat
Speaker 3: Samrat Sengupta, Assistant Professor and Head of the Department of English at Sammilani Mahavidyalaya under University of Calcutta