This week! Two live lectures in Maastricht, the Netherlands

Hello everyone, I'm very excited to announce that I will be giving two live lectures this week in Maastricht, the Netherlands. The subjects of these lectures and registration for them is included below.If you are in or nearby the Netherlands and are able to attend I would love to see you there.Artificial (Intelligence) MythologyWednesday 29 April, 19:30Karl Dittrich Hall, Student Services Centre, Bonnefantenstraat 2, MaastrichtAI, in itself, may not actually be that interesting. However, the way we perceive and respond to the idea of AI marks a central tendency of human civilization, spanning the rise of the mytho-poetic outlook, to centralized religions through digital technology and, now, AI. By reflecting on how the narrative of AI is presented and distributed we learn much about our deeply ingrained cultural outlooks.Register for Artificial (Intelligence) Mythology here: https://www.aanmelder.nl/175909/subscribeHow Things MeanLecture by Dr. Wes CecilThursday 30 April - 13:30-16:00Room 1.018, Building 76S, FaSoS, To be reached through Grote Gracht 90-92, Maastricht We make sense of the world through our values. Unfortunately, we have become overwhelmed with discourse and media. We no longer feel like we can make sense of the world through our own values. In this lecture Dr. Cecil will share his critical take on our responsibility to slow down our media consumption and to think about our values. The lecture will be done in an accessible and engaging format using parables, stories and personal accounts to make the topic engaging and stimulating. Register for How Things Mean lecture here:https://forms.microsoft.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=AUGsYwXdcUe81i4qVCHl-q12LH4FbzVMj8FQZT-Y1olUMU5WQ0s3RFRRTThHQUNRSDZERTBWM0Q1OC4u&route=shorturl Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.