Salon After D’Arc: The inherent bias in artificial intelligence

We're in the midst of a technological revolution as artificial intelligence continues to infiltrate our homes, workplaces, and our lives – whether we like it or not. But the lines between truth and fiction are blurry, creating an inherent inequality in the data that is used to build these platforms, leaving us questioning the ethics around how we use these frontier technologies. 

So just how much should we trust artificial intelligence? Who is holding it to account? And what role will AI play in the arts sector? Is this technology capable of producing empathy and creativity in the same way that an artist can, or is this sector set to remain safely human driven? 

Our second Salon After D’Arc event will take a deep dive into this new future with discussions, readings and performance. 

Speakers will include: 

• award-winning author, journalist and broadcaster Tracey Spicer AM, whose new book Man-Made (released May 2023) uncovers the transformative technological shift we are experiencing and takes a feminist stance on the ethics of artificial intelligence 
• artist and filmmaker Xanthe Dobbie, whose practice aims to capture the experience of contemporaneity as reflected through queer and feminist ideologies via on- and offline modes of making.

Joining us to host the evening and facilitate these conversations is award-winning television presenter, video game critic and technology journalist Angharad Yeo.