Cycle I

Understanding Today’s Technologies

technologies
Published

May 12, 2026

Description

This first cycle offers a broad assessment of contemporary technologies, especially artificial intelligence, through a cross-disciplinary reading of technical, social, and ethical dimensions. It builds on cycle discussions and the first written contributions to examine current uses, their limits, risks of misuse, and the conditions for more human-centered and responsible development. The conference will present the main findings, with a view to publishing them in Cytopia’s final volume.

Submission deadlines (Cycle I): abstract 21/04/2026; paper 05/05/2026; presentation 10/05/2026.

Topics

  • User sovereignty: introduction and the Cytopia case
  • Data and de-identification
  • Modern AI systems do not solve Sudoku: limits and perspectives
  • AI agent autobiographies in a PhD student’s ecosystem (postponed to the next cycle)
  • AI safety: are we playing Russian roulette?

Conference Date and Venue

  • Venue: Maison des Étudiants de l’Asie du Sud-Est
  • Date: May 12, 2026 at 7:45 PM

Maison des Étudiants de l’Asie du Sud-Est

Registration Form