For those folks who are around Toronto! October 2, 11AM, at University of Toronto, I'll host Paris Marx for a guest talk "Don’t buy the AI hype: Why the ChatGPT revolution is another tech fantasy". The talk will focus on critical studies of artificial intelligence, and the relationships between generative AI and corporate power. Paris Marx is a technology writer. They host [1]Tech Wont' Save Us, an award-winning critical technology podcast, and the [2]Disconnect newsletter. They published the book[3] Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation (Verso). The y already published on TIME, Wired, Insider, NBC News, CBC News, Jacobin, among others. Their research interests are technology, cities, and the "future". The event is free, open and only in-person at University of Toronto Scarborough, room BV 260 (Bladen Wing) 1265 Military Trail Toronto, ON M1C 1A4. Register here: [4]https://clnx.utoronto.ca/home/utsceventaggregator.htm?eventId=58275 (for UofT community) [5]https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/dont-buy-the-ai-hype-why-the-chatgpt-rev olution-is-another-tech-fantasy-tickets-722973833197?aff=oddtdtcreator (for external guests) This guest talk is co-organized by the department of Arts, Culture and Media (University of Toronto), Critical Digital Methods Institute and DigiLabour. Please spread the word! best regards, Rafael -- dr. Rafael Grohmann Assistant Professor of Media Studies [6]Department of Arts, Culture and Media [7]Faculty of Information University of Toronto Leader, [8]DigiLabour Principal Investigator, [9]Fairwork[10] Brazil International Experts Coordinator, [11]Platform Work Inclusion Living Lab References 1. https://techwontsave.us/ 2. https://www.disconnect.blog/ 3. https://www.versobooks.com/en-ca/products/2795-road-to-nowhere 4. https://clnx.utoronto.ca/home/utsceventaggregator.htm?eventId=58275 5. https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/dont-buy-the-ai-hype-why-the-chatgpt-revolution-... 6. https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/acm/rafael-grohmann 7. https://ischool.utoronto.ca/profile/rafael-grohmann/ 8. https://digilabour.com.br/ 9. https://fair.work/ 10. https://fair.work/ 11. https://pwill.eu/