Artificial Intelligence ethics is often framed in universal terms — but what happens when we look beyond the Western contexts that shape those frameworks?
Join Professor Ishtiaque Ahmed for an ABC Seminar exploring how AI systems extend colonial legacies and how community practices across the Global South reveal alternative ethical perspectives.
Watch recaps now! The two-day workshop explored how workers and their organizations are shaping the governance of digital technologies — including platforms, data, and AI — through collective bargaining, co-operative formation, and policy reform.
Watch now! A recent virtual talk featured Jade Nixon, BRN’s postdoctoral fellow, and kara lynch, the artist-in-residence, both recipients of the Black Indigenous Waterways Fellowship.
This gathering brings together research groups working at the intersections of computing, design, and society — a chance to hear what others are exploring, share what you’re working on, and discover points of overlap or collaboration. Each presenter will have five minutes to introduce their work, followed by a short Q&A. We’ll wrap up with pizza and informal networking to keep the conversations going.
In recent years, tools like Unreal Engine have transformed how we imagine and build digital worlds. These “game engines” are more than creative software
The SRI Seminar Series welcomes Anastasia Kuzminykh. With a background spanning computer science, psychology, and ethnographic research, Kuzminykh’s work bridges human-computer interaction and the design of intelligent systems.
New changes are coming to KMDI. Affiliated faculty, new associate directors and more.
Watch now! Feeding the Machine tells the story of a global technology through the eyes of the people who produce it. The talk described the lives of the workers deliberately concealed from view, and the power structures that determine their future.
Maurice Jones will share insights from his participatory action research project ArtIA: Towards a Commons for AI in Digital Creation.
This two-day in-person event will bring together 20 invited speakers from Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Spain, and the United States to exchange insights on worker-led governance of digital technologies
The KMDI Makerspace is pleased to present a monthly event for Linux users (and the Linux-curious) to meet IRL.
KMDI is launching its public lecture series with a talk by Feeding the Machine authors Mark Graham (University of Oxford) and James Muldoon (University of Essex)
Created in collaboration with the initiative “Wilding AI”, this four-day lab will assemble a group of participants to learn about the application of generative AI in spatial audio, and collectively explore the wilder territories of AI.
Meet, co-work, and connect with fellow Linux users and the Linux-curious. Drop in, bring a laptop, or try out Linux on-site—everyone welcome!
“With Great Power Came No Responsibility: How Enshittification Conquered the 21st Centure and How We Can Overthrow It”
As AI technologies transform our societies, how can we build systems that earn and maintain our trust while preserving human agency and democratic legitimacy?
The entry of on-demand ridesourcing digital labour platforms (OR-DLPs) in Kolkata, India, restructured the local taxi-cab service industry’s economic geography and spatial practices.
Domestic work, such as house-cleaning, has traditionally been devalued, gendered, and delegated to marginalised immigrant populations. This paper explores the interplay between identity, collective action, and digital marketplaces among Latino house-cleaners in Toronto.
Understanding how trust is built between groups of people, institutions and technologies is essential for thinking about how AI systems can be trusted to reliably address human needs while mitigating risks.
Created in collaboration with the initiative “Wilding AI”, this four-day lab will assemble a group of participants to learn about the application of generative AI in spatial audio, and collectively explore the wilder territories of AI.