Communicating Artificial Intelligence (and the public myths about it) in an interactive exhibition
Sprache des Vortragstitels:
Englisch
Original Tagungtitel:
PCST 2023 Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference
Sprache des Tagungstitel:
Englisch
Original Kurzfassung:
AI literacy, a basic understanding of what Artificial Intelligence is and the role it plays in our lives among the general population, is considered an important competency for the future. Media coverage of AI, while extensive, is overall not very helpful in conveying an accurate picture of the current state of technological development to non-experts. Where some typical public AI narratives fuel diffuse fears, others raise unrealistic expectations and hopes. Alongside its empirical research on human-centered technology, the Robopsychology Lab at Johannes Kepler University Linz places great emphasis on science communication in order to provide people with the necessary knowledge to increase technological self-efficacy and actively participate in the discourse about our technological future. In recent years, the campus of Johannes Kepler University Linz has been the venue for the Ars Electronica Festival, a world-renowned festival for art, technology and society. This gave us the opportunity to approach a large and diverse audience ranging from local families to international entrepreneurs or artists. Under the title ?Demystify AI!?, we realized an interactive exhibition consisting of multiple participatory installations, including a drawing board to capture visual ideas of AI, digital games on human-AI collaboration and a "Wall of AI Myths". With this, we invited visitors to reflect on their opinions and leave their thoughts as text or drawing. We discussed questions about AI with hundreds of people from different sociodemographic groups and backgrounds of experience, calling attention to myths and misconceptions. The great diversity of visitors challenged us as science communicators to address the different levels of interest and knowledge. However, it also led to interesting insights into the status quo of AI literacy and encouraged us to intensify our exchange with society in further projects.
Sprache der Kurzfassung:
Englisch
Englischer Vortragstitel:
Communicating Artificial Intelligence (and the public myths about it) in an interactive exhibition
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