AI + Ethics: Exploring Critical Agency
Schedule
Thu Dec 04 2025 at 06:00 pm to 07:30 pm
UTC-05:00Location
11610 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH, United States, Ohio 44106 | Cleveland, OH
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Join us for a dynamic evening dialogue designed to foster open-mindedness, a sense of community, and actionable insights for artists, designers and educators. “AI + Ethics: Exploring Critical Agency” brings together experts from diverse fields including military ethics, emerging technologies, journalism, speculative fiction and creative storytelling to explore the complex ethical challenges posed by artificial intelligence (AI). Panelists will address pressing questions about AI’s impact on art, design, employment and society in a discussion moderated by Zach Savich, Cleveland Institute of Art Professor and Division Chair of Liberal Arts. Panelists include:David Foster | Associate Professor School of Media and Journalism, Kent State University
Shannon E. French | Inamori Professor of Ethics, Case Western Reserve University
Kevin Mowrer ’80 | Principal Mowrer MetaStory, CEO Meaningful Fun
Ashlei Watson | Director of Academic Planning, College for Creative Studies
Learn more about the speakers at cia.edu/events/ai-ethics-exploring-critical-agency
Attendees are invited to reflect critically on the evolving role of AI and the ethical frameworks that guide its use. The conversation will address urgent concerns from the student community, highlighting both risks and opportunities, while emphasizing empowerment, agency and hope.
“AI + Ethics” will take place at 6pm Thursday, December 4 in CIA’s Peter B. Lewis Theater. The event will be followed by a reception. This event is free and open to the public but registration is required. Register by Wednesday, November 26.
RELATED PROGRAMMING:
To accompany this lecture, the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque has programmed Moral Machines, Synthetic Souls; a film series that looks at how cinema tackles the question of technological ethics through its stories and images as artificial intelligence, automation, and digital surveillance shape our lives. This series deals with the dilemmas of creation and control, the boundaries between human and machine, and the moral consequences of innovation.
Moral Machines, Synthetic Souls features four films that screen Friday, November 7; Saturday, November 22; Saturday, November 29; and Thursday, December 4 in CIA’s Peter B. Lewis Theater.
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