Dear all,
The next seminar in this semester's Agora series will be: Dr. Yves Saint James Aquino (UOW) Algorithmic somaesthetics: A philosophical and ethical examination of beauty apps with artificial intelligence functionalities Thursday, September 4, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Building 20, Room 3, University of Wollongong (Keiraville campus) Abstract This paper examines the philosophical and ethical implications of incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning (ML) capabilities into beauty apps, which are designed to analyse, evaluate, and modify images of people. I first introduce algorithmic somaesthetics as a novel framework that captures the phenomenon of translating ideals of physical beauty into algorithmic processes of computation, representation and interpretation. In particular, I examine strategies by AI developers that convert amorphous beauty ideals into seemingly objective and measurable data points. The second part of the paper offers insights from an online experimental survey that aimed to assess the social acceptability of beauty apps with AI functionalities The AI-enabled functionalities were “use of personal data”, “beauty scoring”, “image enhancement”, “product recommendation” and “virtual surgery”. This empirical study supports the notion that we can elicit moral intuitions about new technologies. Specifically, we gained insight about how participants make normative distinction between degrees of invasiveness. Bio Dr Yves Saint James Aquino (he/him) is a physician and philosopher with expertise in empirical bioethics and philosophy of medicine. His program of research currently focuses on the ethical, legal and social implications of artificial intelligence applications in healthcare. Other research interests include ethics of cosmetic surgery, social justice in health, and public health ethics. Yves is a research fellow at the Australian Centre for Health Engagement, Evidence and Values, University of Wollongong. He is one of the editors-in-chief of Research Ethics (SAGE), and co-leads the Empirical Bioethics Stream of the Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law. This is an in-person event and there is no need to register. All welcome.
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