Food for Thought Public Lecture Series: How can Indigenous knowledge help shape AI?

The Food for Thought Public Lecture Series (FFT) is celebrating 20 years!!

This season, we will be looking at the fast-growing and fascinating world of artificial intelligence - AI – exploring notions of AI and its implications for human activity and identity.

Our special guests will explore the definition of Artificial Intelligence, how do we recognize an intelligent machine, as well as the role AI in food production, literature, agriculture, human health, ethics and law. Lectures will be held every other Tuesday starting September 10 to November 19. We invite you to join us for these thought-provoking lectures. Mark your calendars!

SEPTEMBER 10: Artificial Intelligence and Humanity: Annihilation or Integration? 
FFT partners with the A. Jean de Grandpré Distinguished Speaker Series to bring you this first lecture. Registration is required.

SEPTEMBER 24: AI in Agriculture: Where do we go from here?
Guest speaker: Ramen Dutta, Tenso AI

OCTOBER 8: Why do humans tell stories? What AI can tell us about the meaning of fiction.
Guest speaker: Andrew Piper, Professor and William Dawson Scholar, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, McGill University

OCTOBER 22: Precision Agriculture and the Future of Commercial Farming
Guest speaker: Viacheslav Adamchuck, Associate Professor, Chair of Department of Bioresource Engineering, McGill University

NOVEMBER 5: AI for better treatment of depression
Guest speaker: David A. Benrimoh, MD,CM., MSc, McGill Department of Psychiatry; Aifred Health

NOVEMBER 19: How can Indigenous knowledge help shape AI?
Guest speaker: Karina Kesserwan, lawyer and strategic advisor, Kesserwan Arteau