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The Departments of Political Science & Geography Present
“BECOMING AN AI CRITIC”
by Paris Marx
Since 2022, generative Al has taken the world by storm. Tech leaders promised it would change everything, mostly for the better, but as the technology matures the drawbacks are becoming ever more apparent. In this talk, Paris Marx will discuss how he developed the critical perspective he uses to assess new technologies and the companies that deploy them. In the process, he'll break down how he understands the impacts of generative Al and offer some ideas for where Newfoundland and Labrador, and Canada more broadly, might go from here on tech and economic policy.
Paris Marx is a tech critic based in St. John's and host of the critically acclaimed Tech Won't Save Us podcast. He speaks around the world about the politics of technology and recently co-authored a white paper called Reclaiming Digital Sovereignty. Paris also writes the Disconnect newsletter and is the author of Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation.
Paris is a graduate of Memorial University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, then went on to complete a Master of Arts in Geography at McGill University. He's now working on his second book, which focuses on the growth and costs of hyperscale data centres.
When: Friday, November 21, 2:30 - 4 pm
Where: AA-1043
Nexus Centre Fall Fellows Guerrilla Research Pop-Ups
Join the Centre’s four Fall Fellows who have been working collaboratively with meetings in the summer and fall. They will share some of their thinking in two guerrilla pop-up sessions as part of Research Week.
Featuring: Arn Keeling and Mahyar Masoudi (Geography), Nicole Whalen (Philosophy) and Lisa-Jo Van den Scott.
Friday, November 28 | 3:00 and 3:30 PM | Arts Atrium and MUN UC
HSS Highlights
Arn Keeling, MUN Geography, and John Sandlos, MUN History, speak about their new book, The Price of Gold, which traces the troubling history of Giant Mine and its toxic legacy.
"Giant Mine always stood out to us as being a special case."
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HSS Highlights
Angela Carter (Political Science) and Joel Finnis (Geography) comment on the PC leader saying that he doesn’t believe there’s a connection between the oil industry and the province's recent wildfires.
"If we want to have any chance at slowing down the climate crisis, we have to stop new exploration and we have to phase down existing production as well as the use of fossil fuels."
MUN Geography MSc Position
The Department of Geography at Memorial University invites
Applications for MSc position based with the Urban Ecology & Analytics Lab.
The successful applicant will contribute to a larger, multi-phase research project funded by a SSHRC Insight Grant, which explores early modern wastewater management systems in colonial North America through the integration of archaeological and civil engineering approaches and also advances urban ecological/climatological research by evaluating the potential of 3D modelling of urban landscapes.
The candidate: The successful candidate will have a strong academic background in geomatics, particularly in GIS, remote sensing, UAV photogrammetry, and 3D point cloud data.
For details, please check MSc Position in 3D Digital Mapping
Applications should be emailed to Dr. Mahyar Masoudi at mahyar.masoudi@mun.ca.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited for an interview.