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SUMMARY:Homelessness in Our Region: Jefferson Center Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Echo Fields\, retired SOU professor of sociology\, will join the Jefferson Center for a discussion of Homelessness in our Region. The discussion will focus on key issues relating to homelessness. \nThese include: problems in gathering reliable data on the homeless population; how this information relates to stereotypes about homelessness arising from stigma\, emotion\, and punitive impulses; what needs to change in our social systems in order to implement solutions to homelessness; and what kinds of actions individuals and non-profit organizations might undertake. \nBlaming and trying to change homeless individuals is unlikely to resolve the problem\, and such approaches let “comfortable people” off the hook for the need for system changes. Changing these intersecting social systems takes time and requires collaboration among government\, non-profit organizations and citizen volunteers. \nHow do we get there? The program will be held in the Jefferson Center space\, suite 101\, in the Old Armory Building\, 208 Oak St.\, in Ashland. Light refreshments will be served. This event is free and open to the public. If you have questions\, please contact Tony Davis (tonydavis0@ gmail.com).
URL:https://peacehouse.net/event/homelessness-in-our-region-jefferson-center-discussion/
LOCATION:Ashland Old Armory\, 208 Oak Street\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
CATEGORIES:Allies,Housing Justice
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SUMMARY:Oppenheimer’s Dilemma: Sunday October 8
DESCRIPTION:“Now I am become death\, the destroyer of worlds\,” quoted Robert Oppenheimer years after leading development of the atomic bomb. \nWill someone in the future say the same thing about genetic engineering\, artificial intelligence\, geoengineering\, or some other 21st century technology? \nThe Jefferson Center invites members and guests to discuss these ideas on the from 4 to 6 pm on Sunday\, October 8\, in The Jefferson Center in the Old Ashland Armory. \nIn the mid 20th century\, invention\, development and use of nuclear weapons reminded the world of moral and ethical implications of scientific and technological development. \nIn this salon\, we’ll discuss the responsibilities of those who create new and\ntransformational technology? Who is responsible to ensure responsible use of\ntechnology? Is it us? \nThe Jefferson Center invites you to join a discussion of these questions. This event is part of the Salon series of The Jefferson Center\, a Rogue Valley non-profit focused on critical thinking using secular humanist values to understand and engage with issues important to our community. See https:thejeffcenter.org for more details on this and other events.
URL:https://peacehouse.net/event/oppenheimers-dilemma-sunday-october-8/
LOCATION:Ashland Old Armory\, 208 Oak Street\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event,War & Peace
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SUMMARY:Who Wrote That? Artificial Intelligence Discussion February 19
DESCRIPTION:The Jefferson Center will present a discussion of ChatGPT and similar Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems that use language in amazingly human ways led by Jefferson Center member Dr. Tony Davis. \nSunday\, February 19\, 2023\, 4-6 pm. Co-Hosted by Science Works at 1500 East Main St. in Ashland. \nDr. Davis will facilitate a conversation about the effects and implications of these AI systems\, focusing on education and critical thinking. The session will begin by showing some of ChatGPT’s capabilities in action. Then discussion will turn to broader issues. Is this the end of student essays? To what extent can their use be detected and regulated? What kinds of skills become less relevant when students use this technology in their written work? Are fears about losing crucial cognitive abilities justified? \nAI systems offer wide-ranging\, plausible\, coherent\, and nearly instant responses to all kinds of queries and instructions. Ask ChatGPT for suggestions about attracting customers to a new café\, and it provides a list of very sensible ones. Ask it to write a sonnet in French about dogs hunting squirrels and it pops one out. But such systems also prompt some deep and potentially disturbing questions. How much can we trust what they say? Which applications are fair\, transparent\, and ethical? How do our ideas about trust\, authorship\, authoritative sources\, and deception adjust to this way of producing written – and\, for that matter\, spoken – material? And in the end\, how much do we care? \nAs we rapidly enter an age of machines with uncanny abilities – superhuman game-playing skills\, deep-fake videos\, autonomous vehicles\, and drug design – systems that use human language fluently challenge us at a visceral and fundamental level. How do the prospects of writing by machine compare with other circumstances when we’ve had to deal with automation and technological change\, such as smartphones\, calculators\, the printing press\, or the invention of writing itself? \nDr. Tony Davis received his Ph.D. in linguistics from Stanford and his career since then has focused primarily on computational linguistics and knowledge representation including audio/video search and retrieval and computer-assisted medical coding. He taught courses on computational linguistics and information retrieval at Georgetown University for 15 years. \nThe Jefferson Center is a Rogue Valley non-profit focused on critical thinking using secular humanist values to understand and engage with issues important to our community. See https:thejeffcenter.org for more details on this and future events.
URL:https://peacehouse.net/event/who-wrote-that-artificial-intelligence-discussion-february-19/
LOCATION:ScienceWorks\, 1500 East Main Street\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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SUMMARY:Local Journalism: Covering Conflicts and Controversies in our Communities
DESCRIPTION:The Jefferson Center will host “Local Journalism: Covering Conflicts and Controversies in our Communities\,” a discussion via Zoom on July 10\, 2022 from 4\nto 6 pm. \nThe conversation will focus on the role of media in community controversies\, conflicts\, and disagreements with two experienced local journalists: Bert Etling\, formerly editor of the Ashland Daily Tidings and founder of the news website Ashland.news\, and Erik Neumann\, interim news director at Jefferson Public Radio. \nThis event is part of the Salon series at The Jefferson Center\, a Rogue Valley non-profit focused on critical thinking using secular humanist values to understand and engage with issues important to our community. \nRegister in advance for this meeting at this link: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqcOGrpz4uHtTo8VkOd6lU1qx9TmB219tv \nFor more information contact Tony Davis at tonydavis0@gmail.com. \nSee https://www.thejeffcenter.org for more details on this and other events.
URL:https://peacehouse.net/event/local-journalism-covering-conflicts-and-controversies-in-our-communities/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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SUMMARY:Sexual and Relationship Violence. Time for Change.
DESCRIPTION:The Jefferson Center presents “Sexual and Relationship Violence:  Time for Change.” on February 13. \n\n\nWhy aren’t sexual violence and relationship violence gone from our society? Susan Moen will review risks\, social norms\, and stereotypes that encourage sexual violence. She will outline programs and strategies for prevention of harm. Register for the Zoom conversation by clicking the link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcld-uppzkvE9UV2PX7obDKQt9Hn6P…(link is external)\nFor decades\, prevention work focused on teaching women (always women) to change their behaviors in order to lessen their risk of assault: “how not to get raped\,” “personal safety\,” and “risk reduction.” Recently\, there has been a move toward changing social norms and stereotypes that allow or even encourage sexual violence. What does prevention work look like in the Rogue Valley? What are the goals and strategies of these programs? What do we know now about causes as well as impacts? What can we do personally and as a community? Where is resistance to change? Did COVID change anything? \nAbout the Presenter: Susan Moen is the Executive Director and co-founder of the local non-profit Jackson County SART (Sexual Assault Response Team) which provides direct services to survivors of sexual violence and brings sexual violence prevention classes into K-12 schools\, businesses and community groups. Susan has worked in the field of sexual violence response for over 30 years. \nRegister at https://www.thejeffcenter.org/salon-current-events
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