The Sam Barnes Lecture: Political Culture in the Age of AI
Join the BMW Center for German and European Studies for the inaugural Samuel Barnes Lecture with Henry Farrell. The event will take place in the Mortara Center Boardroom from 12-1:30pm. Lunch will be provided. The event will offer a virtual option, which you will be sent after you register. Please designate in the registration if you plan to attend virtually.
Throughout his career, Samuel Barnes was fascinated by political culture. Which beliefs and values did people share? How did they acquire those beliefs and values, and how did they shape political behavior? Today, the processes through which beliefs and values are transmitted and expressed are being reshaped by new technologies, including Large Language Models. This raises a multitude of new questions about the means of cultural production, the transmission of bias, the possibility of generating new ideas, and the likelihood of repeating old cultural patterns. The lecture will explore how these technologies are reshaping culture, generating new political questions and controversies.
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