FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., Oct. 15 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news release:
Every Halloween fear has a shape: the ghost, the monster, the shadow on the stairs. The newest one lives on your phone and writes back. On Wednesday, Oct. 28, seven U of A faculty members will spend an evening asking why artificial intelligence, which now writes, draws, composes and carries on a conversation, scares so many people.
"Fear tells you something," said Nadia Issa, teaching assistant professor of graphic design at the School of Art (Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences)and co-founder and director of the Technology Empowered Storytelling Lab, or TESL. "When people are scared of a tool, they are telling you what they value and what they...