Mellom ytring og fortelling: Kommunikasjon med og om KI (Between Utterance and Narrative: Communication with and about AI)

On January 30., HumAIn (Department of Media and Communication) and Hvordan kommuniserer vi med maskiner? (Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas) will jointly host a public dissemination event at Scene Domus Bibliotheca. The event and conversations will be led by Erle Marie Sørheim.

Time and place: Jan. 30., 2026 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM, Scene Domus Bibliotheca

Image showing an AI-generated situation on red background of a robot bending down towards a smaller human standing to engage in conversation.

Image generated by Midjourney. Photo of Erle Marie Sørheim: Andrea Gjestvang. Photo of Taina Bucher: Ihne Pedersen. Photo of Ingrid Lossius Falkum: Nadia Frantsen.

We are increasingly communicating with machines. But how does this communication work, and what does it do to us?

We’ll explore this and more when the research hub HumAIn and the project “How Do We Communicate With Machines?” from the University of Oslo meet to discuss questions about culture, communication, and AI.

The event is free and open to everyone.

 

You will meet:

Taina Bucher, Professor at Department of Media and Communication and project leader HumAIn

Ingrid Lossius Falkum, Professor at Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas and project leader Hvordan kommuniserer vi med maskiner?

Ståle Bjørlykke Grut, Research Fellow at Department of Media and Communication

Jamie Y. Findlay, Associate Professor of linguistics at The Faculty of Humanities

 

Vilde R. S. Reksnes, Postdoctor at Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas – 

Margareta Berg, Research Fellow at Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas

       – Vilde Reksnes and Margareta Berg will present a simulated experiment in                       order to give insight into the operational dynamics of the project team.

Lilly Pijnenburg Müller, Postdoctor at at Department of Media and Communication

      – Lilly P. Müller will present a short talk on narratives and conceptions of AI                       throughout the ages and how culture and stories shape the technology debate.

 

Panel discussion with:

         Taina Bucher

         Ståle Bjørlykke Grut

         Ingrid Lossius Falkum

         Jamie Y. Findlay

                moderated by: Erle Marie Sørheim

 

More information about the venue here

 

About the presenters:

We investigate how people interact with Large Language Models (LLM), taking an experimental approach, and focusing on the human side of the interaction.

HumAIn analyses, critiques, and reimagines artificial intelligence (AI) narratives for a just and sustainable future.

 

 

 

 

Published Jan. 23, 2026 12:20 PM - Last modified Oct. 7, 2026 1:48 PM