How to Train Your (Mental) Model: Workshop

Network Anarchy and Unstable Diffusions

Workshop 3

How to Train Your (Mental) Model: Workshop

2pm- 4pm

Convened by Joel Stern (RMIT), Thao Phan (ANU) and Christopher O’Neill (Deakin) as part of the Network Anarchy and Unstable Diffusions program. Led by Fabian Offert (University of California, Santa Barbara) and Ranjodh Singh Dhaliwal (University of Basel), this workshop seeks to critically examine the question of how one may determine if and when artificial intelligence (AI) can be considered “bad,” and who holds the authority to make such determinations.

The objective of the workshop is not to interrogate how training of models happens in contemporary AI systems but to instead collectively come to terms with the methods of studying AI within the fields of Science and Technology Studies (STS) and related disciplines.

Presented by RMIT Culture and National Communication Museum.  Supported by ADM+S as part of the project ‘Evaluating Automated Cultural Curating and Ranking Systems with Synthetic Data’’ in association with the School of Media and Communication RMIT, and the AusSTS 2025 Conference ‘Signals and Noises’, which runs from July 9-11. Details here.