PANEL | Abundant Intelligences at the Intersections of Neuroscience, AI, Art, and Indigenous Knowledges

Abundant Intelligences research-creation program imagines anew how to conceptualize and design Artificial Intelligence (AI) based on Indigenous Knowledge (IK) systems. Its goal is to advance methods for improving AI to better serve Indigenous communities and others through exploring and developing culturally-grounded AI systems that support Indigenous ways of knowing and that recognize the abundant multiplicity of ways of being intelligent in the world. The program is co-directed by Professor Hēmi Whaanga (Massey University, Aotearoa) and Professor Jason Edward Lewis (Concordia University, Montreal), who will introduce Abundant Intelligences in this session.

The Abundant Intelligences panel will bring together Abundant Intelligences members Dr Melanie Cheung (Neuroscientist, Aotearoa), Professor Karim Jerbi (Canada Research Chair in Computational Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroimaging. Director at UNIQUE. Assoc. Professor at Mila), Artist and Professor Jackson Two Bears (Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Arts Research & Technology. Assoc. Professor Visual Art and Indigenous Studies at Western University) to discuss the intersections of Neuroscience, AI, Art and Indigenous Knowledges.

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