GenAI Research Catchup: 31 July 2024
This is the latest in a series of posts that will re-cap our fortnightly research catchups. We hold these meetings at the QUT Kelvin Grove campus, and they are open to anyone at QUT interested in Generative AI related research. Contact the lab (genailab@qut.edu.au) if you would like to be added to our mailing list for the meetings. Our…
Post-event: Warzones as Content, Gaza as Template
On July 25th, the Digital Media Research Centre and the GenAI Lab hosted Dr. Tom Divon from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem for a thought-provoking seminar, exploring the complex interplay between social media, AI, and the ongoing conflict in Gaza. Divon, who is an Israeli based researcher and humanitarian activist, offered unique…
Visitor Seminar, 25 July: Warzones as Content, Gaza as Template: Navigating the Media Spaces of Palestinian Trauma, Resistance, and Imagination
This talk will explore media spaces in and around Gaza. Our first focus will be on social media platforms, where warzonestransform into content and creators immerse themselves in the online mediatization of daily atrocities. Utilizingframeworks of platform vernaculars and visibility, we will explore how creators navigate their trauma…
Post-event: "Is This Thing On?" Large Language Models and the Cultural Risks of Bad Jokes
On June 25th, the Digital Media Research Centre and the GenAI Lab hosted scholars Prof. Aram Sinnreich and A/Prof Victoria Simon for an engaging seminar titled “Is This Thing On? Large Language Models (LLMs) and the Cultural Risks of Bad Jokes.” Organized and chaired by Dr. Ariadna Matamoros-Fernández, whose DECRA project examines the…
GenAI Lab team makes the finals of the Prosocial Ranking Challenge
A team led by the GenAI Lab’s Aaron Snoswell, with William He and Jean Burgess and in collaboration with Tariq Choucair (QUT) and Damiano Spina (RMIT) has been successful in making it through to the finals of the Prosocial Ranking Challenge. The Prosocial Ranking Challenge is a contest hosted by the Center for Human-Compatible AI at UC…
2024 PhD scholarship applications now closed.
We are excited to announce we have three PhD Scholarships open for prospective students interested in joining us for Semester 2, 2024 (commencing in July). If you have a recent Honours or Masters degree with a significant research component, and/or equivalent industry research experience, we want to hear from you! Applications close 31…