We organize events discovering various aspects of AI. The aim of the events is to broaden the expertise about how the AI and related technologies are affecting our societies. Besides public events we organize smaller gatherings, reading groups and networking events around the theme.
Our event series are Turku AI Week and National Seminar of Theoretical AI. Turku AI Week include events for various disciplines and industries. The Week is organized in February and with a collaboration with various faculties and departments of University of Turku, Turku Science Park and Turku Business Region, Shift-festival and other organizations.
The core of the National Seminar of Theoretical AI is to connect scholars and experts working with the theoretical perspectives and approaches related to the development of AI. Turku AI Society is a founding member of the seminar and has collaborated with the student associations of philosophy in Finland. We are looking forward to new collaboration partners for the next seminar.
Spring-Autumn 2020-2021
- Events cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemia. Stay safe!
Interested in participating? We would love to hear from you - contact us!
Past events
October 2017
31th - Tuesday Talks: Introduction, why to research AI?
November 2017
13th - Understanding AI technology: Machine learning
21th - Tuesday Talks: AI Ethics, please apply through contact form
December 2017
12th - Tuesday Talks: Caring as a concept. Can AI and robots care for other beings?
January 2018
9.1. Tuesday Talks: AI and Law
February 2018
6.-11.2.2018 Turku AI Week
9.-11.2.2018 National Seminar of Theoretical AI
May 2018
15.5.2018 AI & Society Meetup: Pre-Bostrom, what's up AGI?
https://www.meetup.com/AI-Society-Turku/
August-September 2018
Internal meetings every Wednesday
October 2018
3.10. - AI & Design - How is AI going to change design? How to design AI?
11.-12.10. Seminar of technology ethics, by Future Ethics UTU
25.10. - Half-yearly AGI discussion
November 2018
21.-22.11. Robots Week in Turku, by Turku AMK & Suomen Robotiikkayhdistys ry
22.11. Robot and AI ethics: Dialogue between Europe and East Asia, by Centre for East Asian Studies
December 2018
Christmas Meetup
January 2019
23.1. Robot Rights: Reading group
March 2019
4.-8.3. Turku AI Week as a part of Turku ICT Week
May 2019
15.5. Dokumentti-ilta: Outouden laakso (in Finnish) + Opas tekoälyn etiikkaan
Autumn 2019
- Weekly: AI Lunch every Tuesday 12:30 at the Piccu Maccia (Educarium)
Autumn, organized by other organizations:
28.8. Åbo Akademi: Opening the Black Box - Regulatory Perspectives on Automatized Decision-Making. Seminar on 28 August 2019 on the construction of AI solutions for (public and private) decisionmaking environments. Guest lecturer: Joanna Bryson.
29.-30.8. The Shift - Business Festival
23.-24.10. Future Ethics research group: Seminar on Technology Ethics.