What does the proliferation of AI technologies, particularly the widespread usage of Large Language Models, mean for anthropology? More precisely, what does it mean for our object of study and the methods we rely on to study it?

This panel discussion on Anthropology and AI aims to explore AI through fundamental and classical anthropological takes on ontology and epistemology. Of particular interest are questions surrounding the nature of knowledge and truth, meaning making, the category of the human, as well as the moral and political stakes of increasingly automated forms of expertise. The role of anthropological research and contributions to emerging AI technologies will also be part of the discussion.

The panel consists of Jennifer Cearns (The University of Manchester), Jakob Krause-Jensen (Aarhus University), Marie Opdal Ulset (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), and Fartein Hauan Nilsen (University of Bergen).

Moderated by Håkon Fyhn (Norwegian University of Science and Technology).

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