Workshop on Death and Kinship in the Age of Technoscience

This October the project gathered ten scholars in Bergen for a workshop on death and kinship in the age of technoscience. The three-day workshop was filled with good conversations and discussions, acadmic and non-adaemic over conference tables, dinner tables, and in the sauna surrounded by serene views at Solstand hotel.     Technological innovation in human-computer…Continue reading Workshop on Death and Kinship in the Age of Technoscience

Apokalypsen – fra religiøs tradisjon og science fiction til sopp og kunstig intelligens

Mennesker har alltid vært nysgjerrig på tanken om verdensundergang, sier Studentsamfunnet i Bergen når inviterte til samtalemøte med biolog og postdoktor ved UiO Dabao Sun Lü og stipendiat ved Teknolovitenskaplig udødlighets-prosjeket Fartein Hauan Nilsen en kald Halloween-morgene i Bergen.     Under bakteppe av vår tid som preget klimaendringer, teknologisk utvikling, og en stadig mer kompleks…Continue reading Apokalypsen – fra religiøs tradisjon og science fiction til sopp og kunstig intelligens

The Machine that Loved Me: Some social implications of AI companions and virtual humans*

*This paper was first presented by Fartein Nilsen on 7/6/23 during the second European Network for Psychological Anthropology (ENPA) Biennial Conference “Psychology and Anthropology in a Changing World” as part of the panel «Digital Emotions.» The conference was hosted by the University of Oslo and took place 7-9 June 2023 in Oslo and online.  …Continue reading The Machine that Loved Me: Some social implications of AI companions and virtual humans*