What alliances are there between robots and care workers? | Residency presentation

  • Godin, M. (Speaker)
  • Pauline Noiseau (Contributor)
  • Maude Veilleux (Speaker)
  • Sarah Chouinard-Poirier (Speaker)
  • ADA-X -art centre (Contributor)

Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited academic talk

Description

“When told in their own words, the caregivers’ stories offer an alternative to the dominant discourse, which often merely pities them for being underpaid and overworked, while hollowly praising their “natural” heroism. But those who speak out often face punishment and persecution. Might it be conceivable to make robot allies for them, with whom they could develop a relationship of solidarity and mutual aid?”

During their residency at Ada X, Sarah, Marie-Andrée, and Maude imagined possible alliances between robots and care workers who continued working throughout the pandemic. Using a dataset of caregivers’ testimonies collected by the artists, they trained an artificial intelligence model to “make their anonymous words heard through the voices and neural networks of AI.” Joined by Pauline Noiseau, a researcher in the ethics of artificial care, they will talk about their process, relationships between intelligences, and the links between vocation, naturalization and exploitation.
Period2 Sept 2021
Event titleResidency presentation
Event typeOther
LocationMontreal, CanadaShow on map
Degree of RecognitionInternational