Impact Breakfast: Academia meets industry
"Dear AI-friend": How chatbots and VR can strengthen social relations and mental health
In the movie Her from 2013 "a lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with an operating system designed to meet his every need". Ten years later, with the development of language models and artificial intelligence, this is no longer science fiction. How can new technologies help us build social relations and improve mental health? Do young people prefer to talk to chatbots instead of healthcare personnel? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the new technologies? Meet researchers from SINTEF and UiO who are experts in chatbots and language models; and a startup from Oslo Science Park. There will be short talks followed by Q&A and the chance to meet with the scientists after the event.
Organisers
The UiO Growth House on behalf of the University of Oslo
SINTEF Digital on behalf of SINTEF
Oslo Science Park
Program
Marita Skjuve, Research Scientist, SINTEF Digital
Petter Bae Brandtzaeg, Professor, Department of Media and Communication, Faculty of Humanities, University of Oslo and Chief Scientist, SINTEF Digital
Dagfinn Bergsager, Assistant Director, IT Department, University of Oslo
Lars Traaholt Vågnes, CTO, Simli
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