In the Light of the Machine: Toward a Relational Ethics of AI
Event
Public
Moderated by Lisa Deanne Smith, join our panelists for a timely and thought-provoking conversation on the growing entanglement of AI systems within our cultural, economic, and ecological worlds.
YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/Nu3sLhzo9js?feature=share
12 - 2 p.m.
Onsite Gallery
Free
YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/Nu3sLhzo9js?feature=share
12 - 2 p.m.
Onsite Gallery
Free
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In the Light of the Machine: Toward a Relational Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
Friday, May 8, from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m.
As AI systems become increasingly entangled with our cultural, economic, and ecological worlds, how do we negotiate an ethical landscape of emergent intelligence? Moving beyond familiar debates over risk and safety, this conversation brings together panelists who will explore how art can help us sense, critique, and reimagine the systems shaping our technological present. By situating AI within broader epistemological and cultural contexts. Moderated by Onsite Gallery's Senior Curator Lisa Deanne Smith, this panel seeks to expand AI discourse and understand machine learning as a site of relation.
In the Light of the Machine: Toward a Relational Ethics of Artificial Intelligence coincides with Onsite Gallery’s current exhibition Becoming (in the light of the miracle) guest curated by Farah Yusuf.
The panel is live-streamed via YouTube
Becoming (in the light of the miracle) is on view at Onsite Gallery until May 16, 2026
Becoming (in the light of the miracle) is generously supported by the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the Government of Ontario through the Curatorial Projects: Indigenous and Culturally Diverse program.
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