AI is here to stay. But what does that actually mean for you, in your everyday life?
Chances are you use AI without really thinking about it: the AI in your navigation app, a customer service chatbot or the recommendations in an online clothing store. At work, you might use it very deliberately, or so much that you sometimes feel like you’re just passing on whatever AI produces.
Whatever your AI use looks like, this afternoon is about its impact on your life. Join us for the second edition of the AI Impact Festival. Expect an afternoon of fresh perspectives, thought-provoking conversations with fellow Amsterdammers, and unexpected ways to experience AI for yourself.
What is the AI Impact Festival about?
Your life
How is AI changing the way you learn, make decisions or interact with people? More and more often, we chat with an AI the way we used to chat with a friend. Is that perfectly fine, or cause for concern?
Your work
Whether you stand in front of a classroom or a board of directors, work in healthcare or keep supermarket shelves stocked: chances are AI affects your profession. But who decides what changes? And how do you make sure you stay in control, rather than letting a system decide everything?
Your city
Amsterdam uses AI in many places and ways: to manage traffic, at the municipal service desk or to understand what residents need. But who does that actually work well for, and who not so much? That’s not just a question for the city, but for everyone who lives here.
SESSION TITLES, SPEAKERS
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title: ‘Can AI Make Us Feel Better?’,
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room: ‘Auditorium’,
category: ‘AI & MENTAL WELLBEING’,
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`When you’re feeling anxious or lonely, is talking to AI actually helping?
More and more people turn to AI for advice, reassurance or simply someone to talk to. It can feel comforting to have something that always listens and never judges. But does that mean it’s good for our mental health?
In this interactive session, psychologist and researcher Evi-Anne van Dis explores how AI affects our mental wellbeing. Her research team is developing an AI Register to better understand and measure AI’s impact on people’s lives. Together, we’ll explore what happens when we rely on AI for emotional support, and how we can tell whether it’s helping or harming us.`,
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room: ‘Theaterzaal’,
category: ‘THESIS AWARDS’,
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`Meet the changemakers of tomorrow during. the Amsterdam AI Thesis Awards. Promising young researchers will discuss their work and explore the future impact of AI research.`,
speaker: ‘Stefano di Georgis (VU) and Mina Ghadimiatigh (UvA)’
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`How can we use AI and human creativity to shape the future, rather than simply react to it?
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`How do we really use AI at work? Not just what we’re expected or allowed to do, but what actually happens when nobody’s watching.
In this interactive session, Dr. Ella Hafermalz explores the hidden side of AI at work: the shortcuts we take, the tasks we quietly delegate to AI, and what this means for our skills, confidence and value as employees.
What can we still do ourselves, and what are we increasingly leaving to AI?`,
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speaker: ‘Nanette Schippers (City of Amsterdam)’
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