{"id":946,"date":"2025-02-05T11:51:33","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T11:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dariah.ie\/wordpress\/?p=946"},"modified":"2025-02-05T11:58:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T11:58:57","slug":"doing-ai-differently-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dariah.ie\/wordpress\/2025\/02\/doing-ai-differently-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Doing AI Differently &#8211; Workshop (UK)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.doingaidifferently.org\/\">Doing AI Differently<\/a><\/u><\/strong>&nbsp;initiative challenges traditional approaches to AI development by positioning humanities perspectives as integral\u2014rather than supplemental\u2014to technical innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>London Workshop, Date &amp; Venue:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Date<\/strong>: Thursday, 13 March 2025, 10am-4pm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Location<\/strong>: The Royal Academy of Engineering (Prince Philip House), London SW1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Working group sessions<\/strong>: continue on Friday, 14 March 2025, 10am-4pm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aligned with the Alan Turing Institute\u2019s major annual conference (AIUK) on 17-18 March<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The workshop is an early opportunity to discover and help to refine the research vision and topic scope for an&nbsp;<strong>Arts &amp; Humanities Research Council (AHRC\u2013UKRI) International Science Partnerships Fund (ISPF) funding call<\/strong>&nbsp;launching April 2025. This call will focus on UK, US and Canadian collaborations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Core Challenges<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. Developing Interpretive Technologies.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leveraging current AI architectures to implement deeper interpretive capabilities, developing approaches to represent multiple perspectives and capture semantic depth while maintaining computational tractability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. Exploring Alternative AI Architectures.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Exploring fundamentally new approaches to AI design that move beyond current limitations in foundation models and gradient-based learning to enable more pluralistic and culturally adaptive AI systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3. Advancing Human-AI Ensembles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moving beyond simple substitution or assistance models, to foster new relationships between human and artificial intelligence, each contributing unique capabilities to achieve outcomes neither could accomplish alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Initiative Objectives:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Develop pilot projects demonstrating humanities-driven technical advances in AI<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. Establish funding mechanisms fostering interdisciplinary partnerships<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. Create scalable pathways for humanities scholars to participate in large-scale AI projects<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Expected Outcomes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211;&nbsp;<strong>New paradigms<\/strong>&nbsp;for addressing complex, context-dependent tasks in AI<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211;&nbsp;<strong>Enhanced AI tools<\/strong>&nbsp;for deep contextual analysis across disciplines<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; AI systems&nbsp;<strong>better aligned<\/strong>&nbsp;with societal values and ethical considerations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rapid advances in increasingly sophisticated AI systems makes this timing critical, and we seek to develop inclusive, research-led ideas that will provide practical ways to address some of the recommendations set out in the recent UK Government&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/ai-opportunities-action-plan\">AI Opportunities Action Plan<\/a>. This initiative adds the opportunities for research and innovation in AI \u2013 artificial intelligence \u2013 in the UK (see&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/who-we-are\/our-vision-and-strategy\/strategies-and-reviews\/ai-review-transforming-our-world-with-ai\/\">Transforming our world with AI<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>More Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>View our complete vision statement:<em>\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/doingaidifferently.org\/\">doingaidifferently.org<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>To attend please complete an expression of interest\u00a0<\/strong><strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/e\/UQaQD1VAU2\">HERE<\/a><\/u><\/strong><strong>\u00a0by 17 February 2025.\u00a0<\/strong>We will be in touch to confirm your attendance by 19 February 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A limited number of bursaries are available to support travel costs for participants who do not have other institutional support.\u00a0<\/strong>See expression of interest form for details.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Capacity for the in-person workshop is limited. The workshop will also be available to stream online, with some opportunities for interaction for remote participants.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A list of recommended hotels is available on request.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;Doing AI Differently&nbsp;initiative challenges traditional approaches to AI development by positioning humanities perspectives as integral\u2014rather than supplemental\u2014to technical innovation. 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